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
next prev 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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