1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 13664b315fe2..ab22ca4f237f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ static noinline int btrfs_copy_from_user(loff_t pos, int num_pages,
 
                 /* Flush processor's dcache for this page */
                 flush_dcache_page(page);
+
+                /*
+                 * if we get a partial write, we can end up with
+                 * partially up to date pages.  These add
+                 * a lot of complexity, so make sure they don't
+                 * happen by forcing this copy to be retried.
+                 *
+                 * The rest of the btrfs_file_write code will fall
+                 * back to page at a time copies after we return 0.
+                 */
+                if (!PageUptodate(page) && copied < count)
+                        copied = 0;
+
                 iov_iter_advance(i, copied);
                 write_bytes -= copied;
                 total_copied += copied;