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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 v3 17/19] fat: Remove some superfluous sync_dirty_buffer() calls
Date: Thu,  2 Jul 2026 20:21:14 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260702182057.2832980-36-jack@suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260702175436.12226-1-jack@suse.cz>

Now that fat_sync_inode() ends up writing all metadata buffers
associated with the inode, it isn't necessary to write them out
explicitely using sync_dirty_buffer(). Remove the unnecessary calls.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/fat/dir.c         | 14 --------------
 fs/fat/namei_msdos.c | 20 +++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 4f6f42f33613..a54e6d125794 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -1028,8 +1028,6 @@ static int __fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, loff_t pos, int nr_slots)
 			nr_slots--;
 		}
 		mmb_mark_buffer_dirty(bh, &MSDOS_I(dir)->i_metadata_bhs);
-		if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-			err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 		brelse(bh);
 		if (err)
 			break;
@@ -1063,8 +1061,6 @@ int fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, struct fat_slot_info *sinfo)
 		nr_slots--;
 	}
 	mmb_mark_buffer_dirty(bh, &MSDOS_I(dir)->i_metadata_bhs);
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
-		err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	brelse(bh);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1119,21 +1115,11 @@ static int fat_zeroed_cluster(struct inode *dir, sector_t blknr, int nr_used,
 		n++;
 		blknr++;
 		if (n == nr_bhs) {
-			if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) {
-				err = fat_sync_bhs(bhs, n);
-				if (err)
-					goto error;
-			}
 			for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 				brelse(bhs[i]);
 			n = 0;
 		}
 	}
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) {
-		err = fat_sync_bhs(bhs, n);
-		if (err)
-			goto error;
-	}
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		brelse(bhs[i]);
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 0fd2971ad4b1..4e20f8498938 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -518,26 +518,21 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 		MSDOS_I(old_inode)->i_attrs |= ATTR_HIDDEN;
 	else
 		MSDOS_I(old_inode)->i_attrs &= ~ATTR_HIDDEN;
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
-		err = fat_sync_inode(old_inode);
-		if (err)
-			goto error_inode;
-	} else
-		mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
-
 	if (update_dotdot) {
 		fat_set_start(dotdot_de, MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart);
 		mmb_mark_buffer_dirty(dotdot_bh,
 				      &MSDOS_I(old_inode)->i_metadata_bhs);
-		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
-			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
-			if (err)
-				goto error_dotdot;
-		}
 		drop_nlink(old_dir);
 		if (!new_inode)
 			inc_nlink(new_dir);
 	}
+	if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
+		err = fat_sync_inode(old_inode);
+		if (err)
+			goto error_dotdot;
+	} else
+		mark_inode_dirty(old_inode);
+
 
 	err = fat_remove_entries(old_dir, &old_sinfo);	/* and releases bh */
 	old_sinfo.bh = NULL;
@@ -571,7 +566,6 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 				      &MSDOS_I(old_inode)->i_metadata_bhs);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}
-error_inode:
 	fat_detach(old_inode);
 	fat_attach(old_inode, old_sinfo.i_pos);
 	MSDOS_I(old_inode)->i_attrs = old_attrs;
-- 
2.51.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-02 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-02 18:20 [PATCH v3 0/19] fs: Fix missed inode write during fsync Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:20 ` [PATCH v3 01/19] affs: Drop support for metadata bh tracking Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:20 ` [PATCH v3 02/19] fs: Fix possible UAF in mark_buffer_write_io_error() Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 03/19] fs: Fix missed inode writeback when racing with __writeback_single_inode Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 04/19] ext4: Allocate mapping_metadata_bhs struct on demand Jan Kara
2026-07-03 10:00   ` Christian Brauner
2026-07-03 16:10     ` Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 05/19] ext2: Drop __ext2_write_inode() Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 06/19] ext2: Avoid unnecessary inode buffer writeback for sync(2) Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 07/19] fs: Provide way for filesystem to wait for metadata writeback Jan Kara
2026-07-03 10:06   ` Christian Brauner
2026-07-03 16:12     ` Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 08/19] ext2: Fix data integrity writeout issues Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 09/19] udf: " Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 10/19] udf: Use sync_inode_metadata() to writeout IS_SYNC inode Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] udf: Write all metadata for IS_SYNC inodes Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 12/19] udf: Fold udf_update_inode() into udf_write_inode() Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 13/19] bfs: Fix data integrity writeout issues Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 14/19] minix: " Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 15/19] ext4: Fix data integrity writeout issues in nojournal mode Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 16/19] fat: Fix missed inode writeback during fsync(2) Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` Jan Kara [this message]
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 18/19] fat: Replace fat_sync_inode() with sync_inode_metadata() Jan Kara
2026-07-02 18:21 ` [PATCH v3 19/19] vfs: Remove mmb_fsync() Jan Kara
2026-07-03 10:09 ` [PATCH v3 0/19] fs: Fix missed inode write during fsync Christian Brauner

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