fs/sync.c: sync_file_range(2) may use WB_SYNC_ALL writeback
authorAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Tue, 14 May 2019 00:22:30 +0000 (17:22 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 14 May 2019 16:47:50 +0000 (09:47 -0700)
commitc553ea4fdf2701d64b9e9cca4497a8a2512bb025
tree545b8034a6e27d2fa63eac9704c41165cc4bdf1d
parent5326905798dee047bc6216da63ecf2c93c15968e
fs/sync.c: sync_file_range(2) may use WB_SYNC_ALL writeback

23d0127096cb ("fs/sync.c: make sync_file_range(2) use WB_SYNC_NONE
writeback") claims that sync_file_range(2) syscall was "created for
userspace to be able to issue background writeout and so waiting for
in-flight IO is undesirable there" and changes the writeback (back) to
WB_SYNC_NONE.

This claim is only partially true.  It is true for users that use the flag
SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE by itself, as does PostgreSQL, the user that was the
reason for changing to WB_SYNC_NONE writeback.

However, that claim is not true for users that use that flag combination
SYNC_FILE_RANGE_{WAIT_BEFORE|WRITE|_WAIT_AFTER}.  Those users explicitly
requested to wait for in-flight IO as well as to writeback of dirty pages.

Re-brand that flag combination as SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE_AND_WAIT and use
WB_SYNC_ALL writeback to perform the full range sync request.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190409114922.30095-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190419072938.31320-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Fixes: 23d0127096cb ("fs/sync.c: make sync_file_range(2) use WB_SYNC_NONE")
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/sync.c
include/uapi/linux/fs.h