ext4: Clean up s_dirt handling

We don't need to set s_dirt in most of the ext4 code when journaling
is enabled.  In ext3/4 some of the summary statistics for # of free
inodes, blocks, and directories are calculated from the per-block
group statistics when the file system is mounted or unmounted.  As a
result the superblock doesn't have to be updated, either via the
journal or by setting s_dirt.  There are a few exceptions, most
notably when resizing the file system, where the superblock needs to
be modified --- and in that case it should be done as a journalled
operation if possible, and s_dirt set only in no-journal mode.

This patch will optimize out some unneeded disk writes when using ext4
with a journal.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 5313ae4cda2..bd411c12d63 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 		if (!IS_ERR(cp)) {
 			memcpy(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted, cp,
 			       sizeof(sbi->s_es->s_last_mounted));
-			sb->s_dirt = 1;
+			ext4_mark_super_dirty(sb);
 		}
 	}
 	return dquot_file_open(inode, filp);