NFSv4.1/pnfs: Separate out metadata and data consistency for pNFS

The LAYOUTCOMMIT operation means different things to different layout types.
For blocks and objects, it is both a data and metadata consistency operation.
For files and flexfiles, it is only a metadata consistency operation.

This patch separates out the 2 cases, allowing the files/flexfiles layout
drivers to optimise away the data consistency calls to layoutcommit.

Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@primarydata.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
index c2ce2db771b7..3f0affebcf05 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.c
@@ -2231,6 +2231,13 @@ clear_layoutcommitting:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_layoutcommit_inode);
 
+int
+pnfs_generic_sync(struct inode *inode, bool datasync)
+{
+	return pnfs_layoutcommit_inode(inode, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pnfs_generic_sync);
+
 struct nfs4_threshold *pnfs_mdsthreshold_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct nfs4_threshold *thp;