ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync()

If a commit is triggered by fsync(), set a flag indicating the journal
blocks associated with the transaction should be flushed out using
WRITE_SYNC.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 4d248b3f132..8815a3456b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -649,6 +649,12 @@ struct transaction_s
         int t_handle_count;
 
         /*
+         * This transaction is being forced and some process is
+         * waiting for it to finish.
+         */
+        int t_synchronous_commit:1;
+
+        /*
          * For use by the filesystem to store fs-specific data
          * structures associated with the transaction
          */