linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fat: issue flush after the writeback of FAT

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Date:   Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:22:31 +0900
From:   OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     Hou Tao <houtao1@...wei.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jack@...e.cz, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: issue flush after the writeback of FAT

"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com> writes:

>> +	err = __generic_file_fsync(filp, start, end, datasync);
>> +	if (err)
>> +		return err;
>>  
>> -	res = generic_file_fsync(filp, start, end, datasync);
>>  	err = sync_mapping_buffers(MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->fat_inode->i_mapping);
>
> Huh.  I would've thought that flushing the FAT would also be required
> at the end of a WB_SYNC_ALL (aka data integrity) writepages call?

In fatfs implement, FAT area is flushed by sync_mapping_buffers(fat_inode). 
(FAT buffer is dirtied only by using bh->b_assoc_map to fat_inode)

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>