The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-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
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
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From: Theodore Ts'o tytso@mit.edu Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:11:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: track writeback errors using the generic tracking infrastructure
We already using mapping_set_error() in fs/ext4/page_io.c, so all we need to do is to use file_check_and_advance_wb_err() when handling fsync() requests in ext4_sync_file().
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o tytso@mit.edu Cc: stable@kernel.org
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c index 87a7ff00ef62..712f00995390 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c @@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync) ret = err; } out: + err = file_check_and_advance_wb_err(file); + if (ret == 0) + ret = err; trace_ext4_sync_file_exit(inode, ret); return ret; }