Provide an implementation for ->syncfs(). Now if there is an error
returned by sync_filesystem(upper_sb), it will be visible to user
space. Currently in ovl_sync_fs() path, this error is ignored by VFS.
A later patch also adds logic to detect writeback error.
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgo...@redhat.com>
---
fs/overlayfs/file.c | 1 +
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 3 +++
fs/overlayfs/readdir.c | 1 +
fs/overlayfs/super.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index efccb7c1f9bc..affc1ba63202 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -806,6 +806,7 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_file_operations = {
.copy_file_range = ovl_copy_file_range,
.remap_file_range = ovl_remap_file_range,
+ .syncfs = ovl_syncfs,
};
int __init ovl_aio_request_cache_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
index f8880aa2ba0e..1efb13800755 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -520,3 +520,6 @@ int ovl_set_origin(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry
*lower,
/* export.c */
extern const struct export_operations ovl_export_operations;
+
+/* super.c */
+int ovl_syncfs(struct file *file);
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
index 01620ebae1bd..e89b450c8f8f 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/readdir.c
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@ const struct file_operations ovl_dir_operations = {
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = ovl_compat_ioctl,
#endif
+ .syncfs = ovl_syncfs,
};
int ovl_check_empty_dir(struct dentry *dentry, struct list_head *list)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 290983bcfbb3..b4d92e6fa5ce 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -286,6 +286,36 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
return ret;
}
+int ovl_syncfs(struct file *file)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb = file->f_path.dentry->d_sb;
+ struct ovl_fs *ofs = sb->s_fs_info;
+ struct super_block *upper_sb;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = 0;
+ down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ if (sb_rdonly(sb))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!ovl_upper_mnt(ofs))
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!ovl_should_sync(ofs))
+ goto out;
+
+ upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb;
+
+ down_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
+ ret = sync_filesystem(upper_sb);
+ up_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
+
+
+out:
+ up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ return ret;
+}
+
/**
* ovl_statfs
* @sb: The overlayfs super block
--
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