[Patch 1/8] 2.4.20-pre4/ext3: fsync optimisation

[Stephen Tweedie]

fsync optimisation: save an extra unnecessary pass over the data if we
are in an ordered or journaled data mode.

--- linux-ext3-2.4merge/fs/ext3/fsync.c.=K0002=.orig	Tue Aug 27 23:16:39 2002
+++ linux-ext3-2.4merge/fs/ext3/fsync.c	Tue Aug 27 23:19:57 2002
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@
 	 * we'll end up waiting on them in commit.
 	 */
 	ret = fsync_inode_buffers(inode);
-	ret |= fsync_inode_data_buffers(inode);
+
+	/* In writeback mode, we need to force out data buffers too.  In
+	 * the other modes, ext3_force_commit takes care of forcing out
+	 * just the right data blocks. */
+	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)
+		ret |= fsync_inode_data_buffers(inode);
 
 	ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb);