linux-kernel - [stable] nilfs2: fix sync silent failure

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Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 01:24:23 +0900 (JST)
From:	Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
To:	stable <stable@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org, konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [stable] nilfs2: fix sync silent failure

Please consider commit 973bec34bfc1bc2465646181653d67f767d418c8 for
inclusion in 2.6.33.y and 2.6.32.y.

Here is the commit message.  It fixes a grave regression since 2.6.32,
which makes "sync" operation nonfunctional, and leading to unexpected
user's data loss.

I have tested the patch, and confirmed that it restores the function
of "sync" for both 2.6.33.y and 2.6.32.y.  Unfortunetaly, the patch
didn't apply to 2.6.32.y as is (3-way merge was required).

To make sure, I will later post an adjusted patch against 2.6.32.y.

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi

commit 973bec34bfc1bc2465646181653d67f767d418c8
Author: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
Date:   Mon May 3 21:00:48 2010 +0900

    nilfs2: fix sync silent failure
    
    As of 32a88aa1, __sync_filesystem() will return 0 if s_bdi is not set.
    And nilfs does not set s_bdi anywhere.  I noticed this problem by the
    warning introduced by the recent commit 5129a469 ("Catch filesystem
    lacking s_bdi").
    
     WARNING: at fs/super.c:959 vfs_kern_mount+0xc5/0x14e()
     Hardware name: PowerEdge 2850
     Modules linked in: nilfs2 loop tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios video shpchp pci_hotplug output dcdbas
     Pid: 3773, comm: mount.nilfs2 Not tainted 2.6.34-rc6-debug #38
     Call Trace:
      [<c1028422>] warn_slowpath_common+0x60/0x90
      [<c102845f>] warn_slowpath_null+0xd/0x10
      [<c1095936>] vfs_kern_mount+0xc5/0x14e
      [<c1095a03>] do_kern_mount+0x32/0xbd
      [<c10a811e>] do_mount+0x671/0x6d0
      [<c1073794>] ? __get_free_pages+0x1f/0x21
      [<c10a684f>] ? copy_mount_options+0x2b/0xe2
      [<c107b634>] ? strndup_user+0x48/0x67
      [<c10a81de>] sys_mount+0x61/0x8f
      [<c100280c>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x32
    
    This ensures to set s_bdi for nilfs and fixes the sync silent failure.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@....ntt.co.jp>
    Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
    Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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