[PATCH, -stable RFC] xfs: fix periodic log flushing

[Andre Noll]

On Wed, Dec 19, 09:16, Dave Chinner wrote:
> There is a logic inversion in xfssyncd_worker() which means that the
> log is not periodically forced or idled correctly. This means that
> metadata changes aggregated in memory do not get flushed in a timely
> manner, and hence if filesystem is not cleanly unmounted those
> changes can be lost. This loss can manifest itself even hours after
> the changes were made if the filesystem is left to idle without a
> sync() occurring between the last modification and the
> crash/shutdown occuring.
> 
> cc: <stable at vger.kerel.org> # 3.7, 3.6, 3.5

As 3.5 and 3.6 are end of life, Greg will probably apply this only
to 3.7. Also, the problematic line,

> -	if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) &&

appears to be in the longterm kernels 3.2.35 and 3.4.24 as well (it
was changed in commit 1307bbd which got reverted in 11159a05). Are
these kernels also affected?

Thanks
Andre
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