8 files changed, 38 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c2fa1be4923d..5d55a896ff78 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1595,6 +1595,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
         struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
         const unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
         int nr_underway = 0;
+        int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
         BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
@@ -1686,7 +1687,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
         do {
                 struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
                 if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
-                        submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                        submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         nr_underway++;
                 }
                 bh = next;
@@ -1740,7 +1741,7 @@ recover:
                 struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
                 if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
                         clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-                        submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                        submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         nr_underway++;
                 }
                 bh = next;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/file.c b/fs/ext3/file.c
index 521f8238b2fa..5b49704b231b 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))
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index d3ef6566b019..466a332e0bd1 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2363,6 +2363,9 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode)
         if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
                 return;
 
+        if (inode->i_size == 0 && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
+                ei->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE;
+
         /*
          * We have to lock the EOF page here, because lock_page() nests
          * outside journal_start().
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 6ddaa0a42b24..6ff7b9730234 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
         struct inode * old_inode, * new_inode;
         struct buffer_head * old_bh, * new_bh, * dir_bh;
         struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * old_de, * new_de;
-        int retval;
+        int retval, flush_file = 0;
 
         old_bh = new_bh = dir_bh = NULL;
 
@@ -2410,6 +2410,8 @@ static int ext3_rename (struct inode * old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
                 ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, new_inode);
                 if (!new_inode->i_nlink)
                         ext3_orphan_add(handle, new_inode);
+                if (ext3_should_writeback_data(new_inode))
+                        flush_file = 1;
         }
         retval = 0;
 
@@ -2418,6 +2420,8 @@ end_rename:
         brelse (old_bh);
         brelse (new_bh);
         ext3_journal_stop(handle);
+        if (retval == 0 && flush_file)
+                filemap_flush(old_inode->i_mapping);
         return retval;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 3fbffb1ea714..f8077b9c8981 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
 
 /*
  * Default IO end handler for temporary BJ_IO buffer_heads.
@@ -171,14 +172,15 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
         return (ret == -EIO);
 }
 
-static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs)
+static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs,
+                                   int write_op)
 {
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < bufs; i++) {
                 wbuf[i]->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
                 /* We use-up our safety reference in submit_bh() */
-                submit_bh(WRITE, wbuf[i]);
+                submit_bh(write_op, wbuf[i]);
         }
 }
 
@@ -186,7 +188,8 @@ static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs)
  *  Submit all the data buffers to disk
  */
 static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
-                                transaction_t *commit_transaction)
+                                       transaction_t *commit_transaction,
+                                       int write_op)
 {
         struct journal_head *jh;
         struct buffer_head *bh;
@@ -225,7 +228,7 @@ write_out_data:
                                 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "needs blocking lock");
                                 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                                 /* Write out all data to prevent deadlocks */
-                                journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs);
+                                journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op);
                                 bufs = 0;
                                 lock_buffer(bh);
                                 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
@@ -256,7 +259,7 @@ write_out_data:
                         jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
                         if (bufs == journal->j_wbufsize) {
                                 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-                                journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs);
+                                journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op);
                                 bufs = 0;
                                 goto write_out_data;
                         }
@@ -286,7 +289,7 @@ write_out_data:
                 }
         }
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-        journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs);
+        journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs, write_op);
 
         return err;
 }
@@ -315,6 +318,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         int first_tag = 0;
         int tag_flag;
         int i;
+        int write_op = WRITE;
 
         /*
          * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
@@ -347,6 +351,8 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
+        if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
         spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
         while (commit_transaction->t_updates) {
                 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
@@ -431,7 +437,8 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
          * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
          * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
          */
-        err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction);
+        err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction,
+                                          write_op);
 
         /*
          * Wait for all previously submitted IO to complete.
@@ -660,7 +667,7 @@ start_journal_io:
                                 clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                 set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                 bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-                                submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                                submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         }
                         cond_resched();
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index e6a117431277..ed886e6db399 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -1440,6 +1440,8 @@ int journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
                 }
         }
 
+        if (handle->h_sync)
+                transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
         current->journal_info = NULL;
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index e263acaa405b..634a5e5aba3e 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static inline __u32 ext3_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
 #define EXT3_STATE_JDATA                0x00000001 /* journaled data exists */
 #define EXT3_STATE_NEW                  0x00000002 /* inode is newly created */
 #define EXT3_STATE_XATTR                0x00000004 /* has in-inode xattrs */
+#define EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE       0x00000008
 
 /* Used to pass group descriptor data when online resize is done */
 struct ext3_new_group_input {
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 64246dce5663..2c6943152c21 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -552,6 +552,11 @@ struct transaction_s
          */
         int t_handle_count;
 
+        /*
+         * This transaction is being forced and some process is
+         * waiting for it to finish.
+         */
+        int t_synchronous_commit:1;
 };
 
 /**