The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
thanks,
greg k-h
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From: Jaegeuk Kim jaegeuk@kernel.org Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:00:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: flush data when enabling checkpoint back
During checkpoint=disable period, f2fs bypasses all the synchronous IOs such as sync and fsync. So, when enabling it back, we must flush all of them in order to keep the data persistent. Otherwise, suddern power-cut right after enabling checkpoint will cause data loss.
Fixes: 4354994f097d ("f2fs: checkpoint disabling") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Chao Yu yuchao0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim jaegeuk@kernel.org
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c index fc343243799c..429bc00af440 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c @@ -1892,6 +1892,9 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) { + /* we should flush all the data to keep data consistency */ + sync_inodes_sb(sbi->sb); + down_write(&sbi->gc_lock); f2fs_dirty_to_prefree(sbi);