[PATCH] Fix the error handling in direct I/O

Fix a bug on error handling in the direct I/O function.

Currently, if a file is opened with the O_DIRECT|O_SYNC flag, the write()
syscall cannot receive the EIO error after an I/O error (SCSI cable is
disconnected etc.).

Return values of other points that call generic_osync_inode() are treated
appropriately.
Signed-off-by: Hisashi Hifumi  <hifumi.hisashi@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

mm/filemap.c

@@ -1851,8 +1851,11 @@ generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	 * i_sem is held, which protects generic_osync_inode() from
 	 * livelocking.
 	 */
-	if (written >= 0 && file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
-		generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping, OSYNC_METADATA);
+	if (written >= 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
+		int err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping, OSYNC_METADATA);
+		if (err < 0)
+			written = err;
+	}
 	if (written == count && !is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		written = -EIOCBQUEUED;
 	return written;