ext3: Add replace-on-truncate hueristics for data=writeback mode

In data=writeback mode, start an asynchronous flush when closing a
file which had been previously truncated down to zero.  This lowers
the probability of data loss in the case of applications that attempt
to replace a file using truncate.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Theodore Ts'o
2009-04-03 01:34:35 -04:00
parent 512a004382
commit f7ab34ea72
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@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static inline __u32 ext3_mask_flags(umode_t mode, __u32 flags)
#define EXT3_STATE_JDATA 0x00000001 /* journaled data exists */
#define EXT3_STATE_NEW 0x00000002 /* inode is newly created */
#define EXT3_STATE_XATTR 0x00000004 /* has in-inode xattrs */
#define EXT3_STATE_FLUSH_ON_CLOSE 0x00000008
/* Used to pass group descriptor data when online resize is done */
struct ext3_new_group_input {