Merge branch 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6

* 'osync_cleanup' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs-2.6:
  fsync: wait for data writeout completion before calling ->fsync
  vfs: Remove generic_osync_inode() and sync_page_range{_nolock}()
  fat: Opencode sync_page_range_nolock()
  pohmelfs: Use new syncing helper
  xfs: Convert sync_page_range() to simple filemap_write_and_wait_range()
  ocfs2: Update syncing after splicing to match generic version
  ntfs: Use new syncing helpers and update comments
  ext4: Remove syncing logic from ext4_file_write
  ext3: Remove syncing logic from ext3_file_write
  ext2: Update comment about generic_osync_inode
  vfs: Introduce new helpers for syncing after writing to O_SYNC file or IS_SYNC inode
  vfs: Rename generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  ocfs2: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  pohmelfs: Use __generic_file_aio_write instead of generic_file_aio_write_nolock
  vfs: Remove syncing from generic_file_direct_write() and generic_file_buffered_write()
  vfs: Export __generic_file_aio_write() and add some comments
  vfs: Introduce filemap_fdatawait_range

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 73766d24f97b..819023733f8e 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -976,25 +976,15 @@ generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 
         if (ret > 0) {
                 unsigned long nr_pages;
+                int err;
 
-                *ppos += ret;
                 nr_pages = (ret + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-                /*
-                 * If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data,
-                 * sync it.
-                 */
-                if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-                        int err;
-
-                        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-                        err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
-                                                  OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
-                        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-                        if (err)
-                                ret = err;
-                }
+                err = generic_write_sync(out, *ppos, ret);
+                if (err)
+                        ret = err;
+                else
+                        *ppos += ret;
                 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, nr_pages);
         }