1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 0b22497d92e1..98bd140aad01 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -88,9 +88,21 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
                 return ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
         commit_tid = datasync ? ei->i_datasync_tid : ei->i_sync_tid;
-        if (jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid))
+        if (jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid)) {
+                /*
+                 * When the journal is on a different device than the
+                 * fs data disk, we need to issue the barrier in
+                 * writeback mode.  (In ordered mode, the jbd2 layer
+                 * will take care of issuing the barrier.  In
+                 * data=journal, all of the data blocks are written to
+                 * the journal device.)
+                 */
+                if (ext4_should_writeback_data(inode) &&
+                    (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
+                    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+                        blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
                 jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
-        else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
+        } else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
                 blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
         return ret;
 }