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jbd2: add a missing data flush during file and fs synchronization
authorZhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Fri, 6 Dec 2024 11:13:27 +0000 (19:13 +0800)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:59:28 +0000 (00:59 -0400)
commitaac45075f6d79a63ac8dff93b3e1d7053a6ba628
treea524458d3a1adfcc538e954fbc5ac8670d8f58bc
parentf87d3af7419307ae26e705a2b2db36140db367a2
jbd2: add a missing data flush during file and fs synchronization

When the filesystem performs file or filesystem synchronization (e.g.,
ext4_sync_file()), it queries the journal to determine whether to flush
the file device through jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier(). If the
target transaction has not started committing, it assumes that the
journal will submit the flush command, allowing the filesystem to bypass
a redundant flush command. However, this assumption is not always valid.
If the journal is not located on the filesystem device, the journal
commit thread will not submit the flush command unless the variable
->t_need_data_flush is set to 1. Consequently, the flush may be missed,
and data may be lost following a power failure or system crash, even if
the synchronization appears to succeed.

Unfortunately, we cannot determine with certainty whether the target
transaction will flush to the filesystem device before it commits.
However, if it has not started committing, it must be the running
transaction. Therefore, fix it by always set its t_need_data_flush to 1,
ensuring that the committing thread will flush the filesystem device.

Fixes: bbd2be369107 ("jbd2: Add function jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier()")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241206111327.4171337-1-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/jbd2/journal.c