[PATCH] Fix and add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait)

This patch add EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait) and use it.

See mm/filemap.c:

And changes the filemap_write_and_wait() and filemap_write_and_wait_range().

Current filemap_write_and_wait() doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite()
returns error.  However, even if filemap_fdatawrite() returned an
error, it may have submitted the partially data pages to the device.
(e.g. in the case of -ENOSPC)

<quotation>
Andrew Morton writes,

If filemap_fdatawrite() returns an error, this might be due to some
I/O problem: dead disk, unplugged cable, etc.  Given the generally
crappy quality of the kernel's handling of such exceptions, there's a
good chance that the filemap_fdatawait() will get stuck in D state
forever.
</quotation>

So, this patch doesn't wait if filemap_fdatawrite() returns the -EIO.

Trond, could you please review the nfs part?  Especially I'm not sure,
nfs must use the "filemap_fdatawrite(inode->i_mapping) == 0", or not.

Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index b660c93c92de..2ddb6b892bcf 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -1231,10 +1231,8 @@ int txCommit(tid_t tid,		/* transaction identifier */
                  * when we don't need to worry about it at all.
                  *
                  * if ((!S_ISDIR(ip->i_mode))
-                 *    && (tblk->flag & COMMIT_DELETE) == 0) {
-                 *      filemap_fdatawrite(ip->i_mapping);
-                 *      filemap_fdatawait(ip->i_mapping);
-                 * }
+                 *    && (tblk->flag & COMMIT_DELETE) == 0)
+                 *      filemap_write_and_wait(ip->i_mapping);
                  */
 
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