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ext4: Don't reuse released data blocks until transaction commits 

We need to make sure we don't reuse the data blocks released
during the transaction untill the transaction commits. We force
this mode only for ordered and journalled mode. Writeback mode
already don't provided data consistency.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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Aneesh Kumar K.V 2008-10-10 20:13:31 -04:00 committed by Theodore Ts'o
parent c894058d66
commit a1aebc1e2d
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@ -568,8 +568,16 @@ void ext4_free_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
/* this isn't the right place to decide whether block is metadata
* inode.c/extents.c knows better, but for safety ... */
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) ||
ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) || S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
metadata = 1;
/* We need to make sure we don't reuse
* block released untill the transaction commit.
* writeback mode have weak data consistency so
* don't force data as metadata when freeing block
* for writeback mode.
*/
if (metadata == 0 && !ext4_should_writeback_data(inode))
metadata = 1;
sb = inode->i_sb;