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-rw-r--r--fs/cifs/inode.c58
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/inode.c b/fs/cifs/inode.c
index f121a80fdd6f..89063f1eb55b 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/inode.c
@@ -1792,20 +1792,21 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
goto out;
}
- if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) || (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)) {
- /*
- Flush data before changing file size or changing the last
- write time of the file on the server. If the
- flush returns error, store it to report later and continue.
- BB: This should be smarter. Why bother flushing pages that
- will be truncated anyway? Also, should we error out here if
- the flush returns error?
- */
- rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
- if (rc != 0) {
- cifsInode->write_behind_rc = rc;
- rc = 0;
- }
+ /*
+ * Attempt to flush data before changing attributes. We need to do
+ * this for ATTR_SIZE and ATTR_MTIME for sure, and if we change the
+ * ownership or mode then we may also need to do this. Here, we take
+ * the safe way out and just do the flush on all setattr requests. If
+ * the flush returns error, store it to report later and continue.
+ *
+ * BB: This should be smarter. Why bother flushing pages that
+ * will be truncated anyway? Also, should we error out here if
+ * the flush returns error?
+ */
+ rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+ if (rc != 0) {
+ cifsInode->write_behind_rc = rc;
+ rc = 0;
}
if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
@@ -1903,20 +1904,21 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
return -ENOMEM;
}
- if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_MTIME) || (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE)) {
- /*
- Flush data before changing file size or changing the last
- write time of the file on the server. If the
- flush returns error, store it to report later and continue.
- BB: This should be smarter. Why bother flushing pages that
- will be truncated anyway? Also, should we error out here if
- the flush returns error?
- */
- rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
- if (rc != 0) {
- cifsInode->write_behind_rc = rc;
- rc = 0;
- }
+ /*
+ * Attempt to flush data before changing attributes. We need to do
+ * this for ATTR_SIZE and ATTR_MTIME for sure, and if we change the
+ * ownership or mode then we may also need to do this. Here, we take
+ * the safe way out and just do the flush on all setattr requests. If
+ * the flush returns error, store it to report later and continue.
+ *
+ * BB: This should be smarter. Why bother flushing pages that
+ * will be truncated anyway? Also, should we error out here if
+ * the flush returns error?
+ */
+ rc = filemap_write_and_wait(inode->i_mapping);
+ if (rc != 0) {
+ cifsInode->write_behind_rc = rc;
+ rc = 0;
}
if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {