vfs: Implement proper O_SYNC semantics

While Linux provided an O_SYNC flag basically since day 1, it took until
Linux 2.4.0-test12pre2 to actually get it implemented for filesystems,
since that day we had generic_osync_around with only minor changes and the
great "For now, when the user asks for O_SYNC, we'll actually give
O_DSYNC" comment.  This patch intends to actually give us real O_SYNC
semantics in addition to the O_DSYNC semantics.  After Jan's O_SYNC
patches which are required before this patch it's actually surprisingly
simple, we just need to figure out when to set the datasync flag to
vfs_fsync_range and when not.

This patch renames the existing O_SYNC flag to O_DSYNC while keeping it's
numerical value to keep binary compatibility, and adds a new real O_SYNC
flag.  To guarantee backwards compatiblity it is defined as expanding to
both the O_DSYNC and the new additional binary flag (__O_SYNC) to make
sure we are backwards-compatible when compiled against the new headers.

This also means that all places that don't care about the differences can
just check O_DSYNC and get the right behaviour for O_SYNC, too - only
places that actuall care need to check __O_SYNC in addition.  Drivers and
network filesystems have been updated in a fail safe way to always do the
full sync magic if O_DSYNC is set.  The few places setting O_SYNC for
lower layers are kept that way for now to stay failsafe.

We enforce that O_DSYNC is set when __O_SYNC is set early in the open path
to make sure we always get these sane options.

Note that parisc really screwed up their headers as they already define a
O_DSYNC that has always been a no-op.  We try to repair it by using it for
the new O_DSYNC and redefinining O_SYNC to send both the traditional
O_SYNC numerical value _and_ the O_DSYNC one.

Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru>
Cc: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com>
Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Acked-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Acked-by: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

24 files changed, 109 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 25da0017ec87..21b1117a0c61 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
 #define _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_CREAT          01000  /* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC          02000  /* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL           04000  /* not fcntl */
@@ -10,13 +8,28 @@
 
 #define O_NONBLOCK       00004
 #define O_APPEND         00010
-#define O_SYNC          040000
+#define O_DSYNC         040000  /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_DIRECTORY     0100000 /* must be a directory */
 #define O_NOFOLLOW      0200000 /* don't follow links */
 #define O_LARGEFILE     0400000 /* will be set by the kernel on every open */
 #define O_DIRECT        02000000 /* direct disk access - should check with OSF/1 */
 #define O_NOATIME       04000000
 #define O_CLOEXEC       010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC        020000000
+#define O_SYNC          (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define F_GETLK         7
 #define F_SETLK         8
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 8727b2b382f1..251c911d59c1 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #ifndef _BFIN_FCNTL_H
 #define _BFIN_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_DIRECTORY      040000 /* must be a directory */
 #define O_NOFOLLOW      0100000 /* don't follow links */
 #define O_DIRECT        0200000 /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 2a52333a062d..7c6681aa2ab8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 #define O_APPEND        0x0008
-#define O_SYNC          0x0010
+#define O_DSYNC         0x0010  /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_NONBLOCK      0x0080
 #define O_CREAT         0x0100  /* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC         0x0200  /* not fcntl */
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
 #define O_NOCTTY        0x0800  /* not fcntl */
 #define FASYNC          0x1000  /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
 #define O_LARGEFILE     0x2000  /* allow large file opens */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC        0x4000
+#define O_SYNC          (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 #define O_DIRECT        0x8000  /* direct disk access hint */
 
 #define F_GETLK         14
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
index ad4e017ed2f3..80e2ba694bab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int sp_stopping;
 #define MTSP_O_SHLOCK           0x0010
 #define MTSP_O_EXLOCK           0x0020
 #define MTSP_O_ASYNC            0x0040
+/* XXX: check which of these is actually O_SYNC vs O_DSYNC */
 #define MTSP_O_FSYNC            O_SYNC
 #define MTSP_O_NOFOLLOW         0x0100
 #define MTSP_O_SYNC             0x0080
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
index 7c92f79b6480..e94ef158f980 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void __init prom_init_memory(void)
 /* override of arch/mips/mm/cache.c: __uncached_access */
 int __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 {
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+        if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
                 return 1;
 
         return addr >= __pa(high_memory) ||
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 694d51f523d1..102b2dfa542a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void __devinit cpu_cache_init(void)
 
 int __weak __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 {
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+        if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
                 return 1;
 
         return addr >= __pa(high_memory);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 1e1c824764ee..f357fc693c89 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #ifndef _PARISC_FCNTL_H
 #define _PARISC_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_APPEND        000000010
 #define O_BLKSEEK       000000100 /* HPUX only */
 #define O_CREAT         000000400 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL          000002000 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_LARGEFILE     000004000
-#define O_SYNC          000100000
+#define __O_SYNC        000100000
+#define O_SYNC          (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 #define O_NONBLOCK      000200004 /* HPUX has separate NDELAY & NONBLOCK */
 #define O_NOCTTY        000400000 /* not fcntl */
 #define O_DSYNC         001000000 /* HPUX only */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index d4d9c9d852c3..3b9cfb39175e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef _SPARC_FCNTL_H
 #define _SPARC_FCNTL_H
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_APPEND        0x0008
 #define FASYNC          0x0040  /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
 #define O_CREAT         0x0200  /* not fcntl */
 #define O_TRUNC         0x0400  /* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL          0x0800  /* not fcntl */
-#define O_SYNC          0x2000
+#define O_DSYNC         0x2000  /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #define O_NONBLOCK      0x4000
 #if defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__)
 #define O_NDELAY        0x0004
@@ -20,6 +18,21 @@
 #define O_DIRECT        0x100000 /* direct disk access hint */
 #define O_NOATIME       0x200000
 #define O_CLOEXEC       0x400000
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC        0x800000
+#define O_SYNC          (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
 
 #define F_GETOWN        5       /*  for sockets. */
 #define F_SETOWN        6       /*  for sockets. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 66b55d6e69ed..ae9648eb1c7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
         if (!range_is_allowed(pfn, size))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
+        if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
                 flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
-        }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
         /*
diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 30eff80fed6f..fba76fb55abf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static inline int uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_IA64)
         /*
-         * On ia64, we ignore O_SYNC because we cannot tolerate memory attribute aliases.
+         * On ia64, we ignore O_DSYNC because we cannot tolerate memory attribute aliases.
          */
         return !(efi_mem_attributes(addr) & EFI_MEMORY_WB);
 #elif defined(CONFIG_MIPS)
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ static inline int uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
 #else
         /*
          * Accessing memory above the top the kernel knows about or through a file pointer
-         * that was marked O_SYNC will be done non-cached.
+         * that was marked O_DSYNC will be done non-cached.
          */
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+        if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
                 return 1;
         return addr >= __pa(high_memory);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
index 1e6aa504d58a..5e14dbaf65bc 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/file_storage.c
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ static int do_write(struct fsg_dev *fsg)
                 }
                 if (fsg->cmnd[1] & 0x08) {      // FUA
                         spin_lock(&curlun->filp->f_lock);
-                        curlun->filp->f_flags |= O_SYNC;
+                        curlun->filp->f_flags |= O_DSYNC;
                         spin_unlock(&curlun->filp->f_lock);
                 }
         }
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index c63a3c8beb73..6be1bc31616a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -692,8 +692,9 @@ ssize_t afs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
         }
 
         /* return error values for O_SYNC and IS_SYNC() */
-        if (IS_SYNC(&vnode->vfs_inode) || iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
-                ret = afs_fsync(iocb->ki_filp, dentry, 1);
+        if (IS_SYNC(&vnode->vfs_inode) || iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_DSYNC) {
+                ret = afs_fsync(iocb->ki_filp, dentry,
+                                (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & __O_SYNC) ? 0 : 1);
                 if (ret < 0)
                         result = ret;
         }
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 06550affbd27..77f759302e12 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
         unsigned long last_index;
         int will_write;
 
-        will_write = ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode) ||
+        will_write = ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode) ||
                       (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT));
 
         nrptrs = min((count + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ out_nolock:
                 if (err)
                         num_written = err;
 
-                if ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
+                if ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
                         trans = btrfs_start_transaction(root, 1);
                         ret = btrfs_log_dentry_safe(trans, root,
                                                     file->f_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 1f42f772865a..6ccf7262d1b7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ int cifs_posix_open(char *full_path, struct inode **pinode,
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_EXCL;
         if (oflags & O_TRUNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_TRUNC;
-        if (oflags & O_SYNC)
+        /* be safe and imply O_SYNC for O_DSYNC */
+        if (oflags & O_DSYNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_SYNC;
         if (oflags & O_DIRECTORY)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_DIRECTORY;
diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 429337eb7afe..057e1dae12ab 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ static inline fmode_t cifs_posix_convert_flags(unsigned int flags)
            reopening a file.  They had their effect on the original open */
         if (flags & O_APPEND)
                 posix_flags |= (fmode_t)O_APPEND;
-        if (flags & O_SYNC)
-                posix_flags |= (fmode_t)O_SYNC;
+        if (flags & O_DSYNC)
+                posix_flags |= (fmode_t)O_DSYNC;
+        if (flags & __O_SYNC)
+                posix_flags |= (fmode_t)__O_SYNC;
         if (flags & O_DIRECTORY)
                 posix_flags |= (fmode_t)O_DIRECTORY;
         if (flags & O_NOFOLLOW)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d11f404667e9..b83d38f614ff 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1678,6 +1678,15 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
         int will_write;
         int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag);
 
+        /*
+         * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC.  As many places only
+         * check for O_DSYNC if the need any syncing at all we enforce it's
+         * always set instead of having to deal with possibly weird behaviour
+         * for malicious applications setting only __O_SYNC.
+         */
+        if (open_flag & __O_SYNC)
+                open_flag |= O_DSYNC;
+
         if (!acc_mode)
                 acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flag);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index f5fdd39e037a..6b891328f332 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int nfs_need_sync_write(struct file *filp, struct inode *inode)
 {
         struct nfs_open_context *ctx;
 
-        if (IS_SYNC(inode) || (filp->f_flags & O_SYNC))
+        if (IS_SYNC(inode) || (filp->f_flags & O_DSYNC))
                 return 1;
         ctx = nfs_file_open_context(filp);
         if (test_bit(NFS_CONTEXT_ERROR_WRITE, &ctx->flags))
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
         nfs_add_stats(inode, NFSIOS_NORMALWRITTENBYTES, count);
         result = generic_file_aio_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs, pos);
-        /* Return error values for O_SYNC and IS_SYNC() */
+        /* Return error values for O_DSYNC and IS_SYNC() */
         if (result >= 0 && nfs_need_sync_write(iocb->ki_filp, inode)) {
                 int err = nfs_do_fsync(nfs_file_open_context(iocb->ki_filp), inode);
                 if (err < 0)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index c84b5cc1a943..b1ce2ea9b93b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ int nfs_updatepage(struct file *file, struct page *page,
          */
         if (nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode) &&
                         inode->i_flock == NULL &&
-                        !(file->f_flags & O_SYNC)) {
+                        !(file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)) {
                 count = max(count + offset, nfs_page_length(page));
                 offset = 0;
         }
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index de059f490586..3d30a1c974a8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -2006,7 +2006,7 @@ out_dio:
         /* buffered aio wouldn't have proper lock coverage today */
         BUG_ON(ret == -EIOCBQUEUED && !(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT));
 
-        if ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC && !direct_io) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
+        if ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC && !direct_io) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
                 ret = filemap_fdatawrite_range(file->f_mapping, pos,
                                                pos + count - 1);
                 if (ret < 0)
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index d104591b066b..b75ca68dc081 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -295,10 +295,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fdatasync, unsigned int, fd)
  */
 int generic_write_sync(struct file *file, loff_t pos, loff_t count)
 {
-        if (!(file->f_flags & O_SYNC) && !IS_SYNC(file->f_mapping->host))
+        if (!(file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) && !IS_SYNC(file->f_mapping->host))
                 return 0;
         return vfs_fsync_range(file, file->f_path.dentry, pos,
-                               pos + count - 1, 1);
+                               pos + count - 1,
+                               (file->f_flags & __O_SYNC) ? 0 : 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_sync);
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 1009adc8d602..eaa3d480bc20 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static ssize_t ubifs_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
         if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;
 
-        if (ret > 0 && (IS_SYNC(inode) || iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_SYNC)) {
+        if (ret > 0 && (IS_SYNC(inode) || iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_DSYNC)) {
                 err = ubifs_sync_wbufs_by_inode(c, inode);
                 if (err)
                         return err;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
index 072050f8d346..339c52b1a434 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ write_retry:
         XFS_STATS_ADD(xs_write_bytes, ret);
 
         /* Handle various SYNC-type writes */
-        if ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
+        if ((file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode)) {
                 loff_t end = pos + ret - 1;
                 int error2;
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
index 495dc8af4044..681ddf3e844c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/fcntl.h
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
-   located on an ext2 file system */
 #define O_ACCMODE       00000003
 #define O_RDONLY        00000000
 #define O_WRONLY        00000001
@@ -27,8 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef O_NONBLOCK
 #define O_NONBLOCK      00004000
 #endif
-#ifndef O_SYNC
-#define O_SYNC          00010000
+#ifndef O_DSYNC
+#define O_DSYNC         00010000        /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
 #endif
 #ifndef FASYNC
 #define FASYNC          00020000        /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
@@ -51,6 +49,25 @@
 #ifndef O_CLOEXEC
 #define O_CLOEXEC       02000000        /* set close_on_exec */
 #endif
+
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag.  We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics.  It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#ifndef O_SYNC
+#define __O_SYNC        04000000
+#define O_SYNC          (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef O_NDELAY
 #define O_NDELAY        O_NONBLOCK
 #endif
diff --git a/sound/core/rawmidi.c b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
index 2f766123b158..0f5a194695d9 100644
--- a/sound/core/rawmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/rawmidi.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static ssize_t snd_rawmidi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                         break;
                 count -= count1;
         }
-        if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
+        if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC) {
                 spin_lock_irq(&runtime->lock);
                 while (runtime->avail != runtime->buffer_size) {
                         wait_queue_t wait;