ext3: Add replace-on-truncate hueristics for data=writeback mode

In data=writeback mode, start an asynchronous flush when closing a
file which had been previously truncated down to zero.  This lowers
the probability of data loss in the case of applications that attempt
to replace a file using truncate.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Theodore Ts'o
2009-04-03 01:34:35 -04:00
parent 512a004382
commit f7ab34ea72
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@@ -2346,6 +2346,9 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode)
if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
return;
if (inode->i_size == 0 && ext3_should_writeback_data(inode))
ei->i_state |= EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE;
/*
* We have to lock the EOF page here, because lock_page() nests
* outside journal_start().