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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2009-03-25 23:35:46 -0400
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2009-03-25 23:35:46 -0400
commit7058548cd50e5bda8db086bb2e5c1d82f746d047 (patch)
treeacd095e9f13fcb10deab00e5da5c22d35fda646d /include/linux
parentafd4672dc7610b7feef5190168aa917cc2e417e4 (diff)
ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync()
If a commit is triggered by fsync(), set a flag indicating the journal blocks associated with the transaction should be flushed out using WRITE_SYNC. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/jbd2.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 4d248b3f1323..8815a3456b3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -649,6 +649,12 @@ 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;
+
+ /*
* For use by the filesystem to store fs-specific data
* structures associated with the transaction
*/