eCryptfs: Call lower ->flush() from ecryptfs_flush()

Since eCryptfs only calls fput() on the lower file in ecryptfs_release(), eCryptfs should call the lower filesystem's ->flush() from ecryptfs_flush(). If the lower filesystem implements ->flush(), then eCryptfs should try to flush out any dirty pages prior to calling the lower ->flush(). If the lower filesystem does not implement ->flush(), then eCryptfs has no need to do anything in ecryptfs_flush() since dirty pages are now written out to the lower filesystem in ecryptfs_release(). Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <[email protected]>
progmanos · Sep 14, 2012 · 64e6651 · 64e6651
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commit 64e6651
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -275,8 +275,14 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 static int ecryptfs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t td)
 {
-	return file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE
-	       ? filemap_write_and_wait(file->f_mapping) : 0;
+	struct file *lower_file = ecryptfs_file_to_lower(file);
+
+	if (lower_file->f_op && lower_file->f_op->flush) {
+		filemap_write_and_wait(file->f_mapping);
+		return lower_file->f_op->flush(lower_file, td);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ecryptfs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)