1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
index d33634119e17..451d166bbe93 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/time.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
         }
 
         if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
-                goto out;
+                goto flush;
 
         /*
          * The VFS has written the file data.  If the inode is unaltered
@@ -85,7 +86,16 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
                         .nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
                 };
                 ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+                goto out;
         }
+flush:
+        /*
+         * In case we didn't commit a transaction, we have to flush
+         * disk caches manually so that data really is on persistent
+         * storage
+         */
+        if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER))
+                blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
 out:
         return ret;
 }