Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: (87 commits)
  nilfs2: get rid of bd_mount_sem use from nilfs
  nilfs2: correct exclusion control in nilfs_remount function
  nilfs2: simplify remaining sget() use
  nilfs2: get rid of sget use for checking if current mount is present
  nilfs2: get rid of sget use for acquiring nilfs object
  nilfs2: remove meaningless EBUSY case from nilfs_get_sb function
  remove the call to ->write_super in __sync_filesystem
  nilfs2: call nilfs2_write_super from nilfs2_sync_fs
  jffs2: call jffs2_write_super from jffs2_sync_fs
  ufs: add ->sync_fs
  sysv: add ->sync_fs
  hfsplus: add ->sync_fs
  hfs: add ->sync_fs
  fat: add ->sync_fs
  ext2: add ->sync_fs
  exofs: add ->sync_fs
  bfs: add ->sync_fs
  affs: add ->sync_fs
  sanitize ->fsync() for affs
  repair bfs_write_inode(), switch bfs to simple_fsync()
  ...

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 80046ddf506..ddfa89948c3 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
@@ -807,6 +809,29 @@ struct dentry *generic_fh_to_parent(struct super_block *sb, struct fid *fid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_fh_to_parent);
 
+int simple_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+{
+	struct writeback_control wbc = {
+		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+		.nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only; caller takes care of data */
+	};
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int err;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
+	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+		return ret;
+	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
+		return ret;
+
+	err = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+	if (ret == 0)
+		ret = err;
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(simple_fsync);
+
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_close);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_lseek);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcache_dir_open);