ext3: Add replace-on-truncate hueristics for data=writeback mode

In data=writeback mode, start an asynchronous flush when closing a
file which had been previously truncated down to zero.  This lowers
the probability of data loss in the case of applications that attempt
to replace a file using truncate.

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

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 3be1e0689c9a..4a04cbb1c231 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/file.c
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
  */
 static int ext3_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
+        if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE) {
+                filemap_flush(inode->i_mapping);
+                EXT3_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE;
+        }
         /* if we are the last writer on the inode, drop the block reservation */
         if ((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
                         (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 1))