ext4: call blkdev_issue_flush on fsync

To ensure that bits are truly on-disk after an fsync,
we should call blkdev_issue_flush if barriers are supported.

Inspired by an old thread on barriers, by reiserfs & xfs
which do the same, and by a patch SuSE ships with their kernel
Signed-off-by: NEric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NMingming Cao <cmm@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: N"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

fs/ext4/fsync.c

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/jbd2.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include "ext4.h"
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 int ext4_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL);
@@ -85,6 +87,8 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 			.nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
 		};
 		ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+		if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+			blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
 	}
 out:
 	return ret;