3 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index f2b9a571f4cf..9d31e6a39205 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         int tag_flag;
         int i;
         struct blk_plug plug;
+        int write_op = WRITE;
 
         /*
          * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
@@ -413,13 +414,16 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
         jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
+        if (tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, commit_transaction->t_tid))
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
+
         /*
          * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
          * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
          */
         blk_start_plug(&plug);
         err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction,
-                                          WRITE_SYNC);
+                                          write_op);
         blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
         /*
@@ -478,7 +482,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 
         blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
-        journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, WRITE_SYNC);
+        journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, write_op);
 
         /*
          * If we found any dirty or locked buffers, then we should have
@@ -649,7 +653,7 @@ start_journal_io:
                                 clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                 set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                 bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-                                submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+                                submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         }
                         cond_resched();
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 0971e9217808..2047fd77bf38 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ int log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 #endif
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+        if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, tid))
+                journal->j_commit_waited = tid;
         while (tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)) {
                 jbd_debug(1, "JBD: want %d, j_commit_sequence=%d\n",
                                   tid, journal->j_commit_sequence);
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index b2a7e5244e39..febc10db5ced 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -1433,8 +1433,6 @@ int journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
                 }
         }
 
-        if (handle->h_sync)
-                transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
         current->journal_info = NULL;
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);