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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_log.c18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 4c2d30e3b78d..0ef5eb677383 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1371,15 +1371,21 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log,
bp->b_flags |= XBF_SYNCIO;
if (log->l_mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) {
+ bp->b_flags |= XBF_FUA;
+
/*
- * If we have an external log device, flush the data device
- * before flushing the log to make sure all meta data
- * written back from the AIL actually made it to disk
- * before writing out the new log tail LSN in the log buffer.
+ * Flush the data device before flushing the log to make
+ * sure all meta data written back from the AIL actually made
+ * it to disk before stamping the new log tail LSN into the
+ * log buffer. For an external log we need to issue the
+ * flush explicitly, and unfortunately synchronously here;
+ * for an internal log we can simply use the block layer
+ * state machine for preflushes.
*/
if (log->l_mp->m_logdev_targp != log->l_mp->m_ddev_targp)
xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(log->l_mp->m_ddev_targp);
- bp->b_flags |= XBF_FUA | XBF_FLUSH;
+ else
+ bp->b_flags |= XBF_FLUSH;
}
ASSERT(XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp) <= log->l_logBBsize-1);
@@ -1414,7 +1420,7 @@ xlog_sync(xlog_t *log,
XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp);
bp->b_flags |= XBF_SYNCIO;
if (log->l_mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER)
- bp->b_flags |= XBF_FUA | XBF_FLUSH;
+ bp->b_flags |= XBF_FUA;
dptr = XFS_BUF_PTR(bp);
/*
* Bump the cycle numbers at the start of each block