-
Andrew Morton authored
ext2_sync_file() forgets to clear the inode's dirty bits, so we write the inode on every fsync(), even if it hasn't changed. Fix that up via the new sync_file() API which correctly manages the inode state bits and the superblock inode lists. When performing file overwrite on IDE with and without writeback caching enabled this patch approximately doubles fsync() speed, bringing it into line with O_SYNC writes. Also, fix up the return value handling in ext2_sync_file(). Credit due to Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> who noticed the performance discrepancy and wrote a test app.
7176142a