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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index b3dbb8040ed5..bbd396ac9546 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -851,7 +851,22 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX) range_whole = 1; cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */ + + /* + * If this is a data integrity sync, cap the writeback to the + * current end of file. Any extension to the file that occurs + * after this is a new write and we don't need to write those + * pages out to fulfil our data integrity requirements. If we + * try to write them out, we can get stuck in this scan until + * the concurrent writer stops adding dirty pages and extending + * EOF. + */ + if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && + wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX) { + end = i_size_read(mapping->host) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT; + } } + retry: done_index = index; while (!done && (index <= end)) { |