@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/posix_acl_xattr.h>
#include <linux/exportfs.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include "overlayfs.h"
MODULE_AUTHOR("Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>");
@@ -281,18 +282,15 @@ static int ovl_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
/*
* Not called for sync(2) call or an emergency sync (SB_I_SKIP_SYNC).
* All the super blocks will be iterated, including upper_sb.
- *
- * If this is a syncfs(2) call, then we do need to call
- * sync_filesystem() on upper_sb, but enough if we do it when being
- * called with wait == 1.
*/
- if (!wait)
- return 0;
upper_sb = ovl_upper_mnt(ofs)->mnt_sb;
down_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
- ret = sync_filesystem(upper_sb);
+ if (wait)
+ wait_sb_inodes(upper_sb);
+
+ ret = sync_fs_and_blockdev(upper_sb, wait);
up_read(&upper_sb->s_umount);
return ret;
Now overlayfs can sync proper dirty inodes during syncfs, so remove unnecessary sync_filesystem() on upper file system. Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@mykernel.net> --- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)