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From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	aivazian.tigran@gmail.com, Ted Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
	<linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/10] fs: Fix missed inode writeback when racing with __writeback_single_inode
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 10:58:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260525085821.769119-20-jack@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260525085035.12891-1-jack@suse.cz>

When mmb_fsync_noflush() or simple_fsync_noflush() race with another
writeback of the same inode, they can see inode dirty bits are already
clear and skip inode writeback although the racing
__writeback_single_inode() didn't yet get to writing anything. This can
result in fsync(2) returning without properly persisting the inode.

We already have I_SYNC bit for this synchronization and
writeback_single_inode() properly uses it so just fix
mmb_fsync_noflush() and simple_fsync_noflush() to take it into account
as well.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/buffer.c | 5 +++--
 fs/libfs.c  | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index f83fb3cdc6ac..01e17a287a42 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -662,9 +662,10 @@ int mmb_fsync_noflush(struct file *file, struct mapping_metadata_bhs *mmb,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_DIRTY_ALL))
+	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_DIRTY_ALL | I_SYNC)))
 		goto sync_buffers;
-	if (datasync && !(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
+	if (datasync &&
+	    !(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_DIRTY_DATASYNC | I_SYNC)))
 		goto sync_buffers;
 
 	ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 1bbea5e7bae3..3a98dacd81b2 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1559,9 +1559,10 @@ int simple_fsync_noflush(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_DIRTY_ALL))
+	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_DIRTY_ALL | I_SYNC)))
 		goto out;
-	if (datasync && !(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
+	if (datasync &&
+	    !(inode_state_read_once(inode) & (I_DIRTY_DATASYNC | I_SYNC)))
 		goto out;
 
 	ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-25  8:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-25  8:58 [PATCH v2 0/10] fs: Fix missed inode write during fsync Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] affs: Drop support for metadata bh tracking Jan Kara
2026-05-25 10:06   ` David Sterba
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] ext4: Allocate mapping_metadata_bhs struct on demand Jan Kara
2026-06-03 13:41   ` Theodore Tso
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] fs: Writeout inode buffer from mmb_sync() Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] ext2: Fix possibly missing inode write on fsync(2) Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] udf: " Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] fat: " Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] minix: " Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] bfs: " Jan Kara
2026-05-25  8:58 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] ext4: Use mmb infrastructure for inode buffer writeout Jan Kara
2026-06-03 13:41   ` Theodore Tso
2026-05-25  8:58 ` Jan Kara [this message]
2026-06-02  7:22 ` [PATCH v2 0/10] fs: Fix missed inode write during fsync Jan Kara

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