1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 5dbf4dba03c4..3ef272488ac9 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2361,6 +2361,21 @@ static int ext3_commit_super(struct super_block *sb,
 
         if (!sbh)
                 return error;
+
+        if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+                /*
+                 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
+                 * superblock failed.  This could happen because the
+                 * USB device was yanked out.  Or it could happen to
+                 * be a transient write error and maybe the block will
+                 * be remapped.  Nothing we can do but to retry the
+                 * write and hope for the best.
+                 */
+                ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "previous I/O error to "
+                       "superblock detected");
+                clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+                set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+        }
         /*
          * If the file system is mounted read-only, don't update the
          * superblock write time.  This avoids updating the superblock
@@ -2377,8 +2392,15 @@ static int ext3_commit_super(struct super_block *sb,
         es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext3_count_free_inodes(sb));
         BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
         mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
-        if (sync)
+        if (sync) {
                 error = sync_dirty_buffer(sbh);
+                if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+                        ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "I/O error while writing "
+                               "superblock");
+                        clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+                        set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+                }
+        }
         return error;
 }