2 files changed, 25 insertions, 39 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index e99c5a73b39e..88aa1ae13f9f 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -210,10 +210,30 @@ static int fat_free(struct inode *inode, int skip)
         if (MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start == 0)
                 return 0;
 
-        /*
-         * Write a new EOF, and get the remaining cluster chain for freeing.
-         */
+        fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);
+
         wait = IS_DIRSYNC(inode);
+        i_start = free_start = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start;
+        i_logstart = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart;
+
+        /* First, we write the new file size. */
+        if (!skip) {
+                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = 0;
+                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = 0;
+        }
+        MSDOS_I(inode)->i_attrs |= ATTR_ARCH;
+        inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
+        if (wait) {
+                err = fat_sync_inode(inode);
+                if (err) {
+                        MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = i_start;
+                        MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = i_logstart;
+                        return err;
+                }
+        } else
+                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+        /* Write a new EOF, and get the remaining cluster chain for freeing. */
         if (skip) {
                 struct fat_entry fatent;
                 int ret, fclus, dclus;
@@ -244,35 +264,11 @@ static int fat_free(struct inode *inode, int skip)
                         return ret;
 
                 free_start = ret;
-                i_start = i_logstart = 0;
-                fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);
-        } else {
-                fat_cache_inval_inode(inode);
-
-                i_start = free_start = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start;
-                i_logstart = MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart;
-                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = 0;
-                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = 0;
         }
-        MSDOS_I(inode)->i_attrs |= ATTR_ARCH;
-        inode->i_ctime = inode->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
-        if (wait) {
-                err = fat_sync_inode(inode);
-                if (err)
-                        goto error;
-        } else
-                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
         inode->i_blocks = skip << (MSDOS_SB(sb)->cluster_bits - 9);
 
         /* Freeing the remained cluster chain */
         return fat_free_clusters(inode, free_start);
-
-error:
-        if (i_start) {
-                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_start = i_start;
-                MSDOS_I(inode)->i_logstart = i_logstart;
-        }
-        return err;
 }
 
 void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 32fb0a3f1da4..944652e9dde1 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -196,19 +196,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_date_unix2dos);
 
 int fat_sync_bhs(struct buffer_head **bhs, int nr_bhs)
 {
-        int i, e, err = 0;
+        int i, err = 0;
 
-        for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++) {
-                lock_buffer(bhs[i]);
-                if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bhs[i])) {
-                        get_bh(bhs[i]);
-                        bhs[i]->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-                        e = submit_bh(WRITE, bhs[i]);
-                        if (!err && e)
-                                err = e;
-                } else
-                        unlock_buffer(bhs[i]);
-        }
+        ll_rw_block(SWRITE, nr_bhs, bhs);
         for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++) {
                 wait_on_buffer(bhs[i]);
                 if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bhs[i])) {