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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/buffer.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/buffer.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 0f51c0f..f4b0332 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -2061,6 +2061,7 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page, void *fsdata) { struct inode *inode = mapping->host; + int i_size_changed = 0; copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata); @@ -2073,12 +2074,21 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping, */ if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) { i_size_write(inode, pos+copied); - mark_inode_dirty(inode); + i_size_changed = 1; } unlock_page(page); page_cache_release(page); + /* + * Don't mark the inode dirty under page lock. First, it unnecessarily + * makes the holding time of page lock longer. Second, it forces lock + * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling + * filesystems. + */ + if (i_size_changed) + mark_inode_dirty(inode); + return copied; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_end); |