[PATCH] ext4: Don't reuse released data blocks untill transaction commits

["Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

We need to make sure we don't reuse the data blocks released
during the transaction untill the transaction commits. We force
this mode only for ordered and journalled mode. Writeback mode
already don't provided data consistency.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 fs/ext4/balloc.c |   12 ++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index bd2ece2..b9821be 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -568,8 +568,16 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* this isn't the right place to decide whether block is metadata
 	 * inode.c/extents.c knows better, but for safety ... */
-	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) ||
-			ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		metadata = 1;
+
+	/* We need to make sure we don't reuse
+	 * block released untill the transaction commit.
+	 * writeback mode have weak data consistency so
+	 * don't force data as metadata when freeing block
+	 * for writeback mode.
+	 */
+	if (metadata == 0 && !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
 		metadata = 1;
 
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
-- 
1.6.0.1.285.g1070