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-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h19
-rw-r--r--arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h17
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c1
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/mips/mm/cache.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h19
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pat.c3
9 files changed, 54 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 25da0017ec87..21b1117a0c61 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
#ifndef _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
#define _ALPHA_FCNTL_H
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
- located on an ext2 file system */
#define O_CREAT 01000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 02000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 04000 /* not fcntl */
@@ -10,13 +8,28 @@
#define O_NONBLOCK 00004
#define O_APPEND 00010
-#define O_SYNC 040000
+#define O_DSYNC 040000 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_DIRECTORY 0100000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0200000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0400000 /* will be set by the kernel on every open */
#define O_DIRECT 02000000 /* direct disk access - should check with OSF/1 */
#define O_NOATIME 04000000
#define O_CLOEXEC 010000000 /* set close_on_exec */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics. It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC 020000000
+#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define F_GETLK 7
#define F_SETLK 8
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 8727b2b382f1..251c911d59c1 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
#ifndef _BFIN_FCNTL_H
#define _BFIN_FCNTL_H
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
- located on an ext2 file system */
#define O_DIRECTORY 040000 /* must be a directory */
#define O_NOFOLLOW 0100000 /* don't follow links */
#define O_DIRECT 0200000 /* direct disk access hint - currently ignored */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 2a52333a062d..7c6681aa2ab8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
#define O_APPEND 0x0008
-#define O_SYNC 0x0010
+#define O_DSYNC 0x0010 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK 0x0080
#define O_CREAT 0x0100 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 0x0200 /* not fcntl */
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
#define O_NOCTTY 0x0800 /* not fcntl */
#define FASYNC 0x1000 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_LARGEFILE 0x2000 /* allow large file opens */
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics. It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC 0x4000
+#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_DIRECT 0x8000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define F_GETLK 14
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
index ad4e017ed2f3..80e2ba694bab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/kspd.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int sp_stopping;
#define MTSP_O_SHLOCK 0x0010
#define MTSP_O_EXLOCK 0x0020
#define MTSP_O_ASYNC 0x0040
+/* XXX: check which of these is actually O_SYNC vs O_DSYNC */
#define MTSP_O_FSYNC O_SYNC
#define MTSP_O_NOFOLLOW 0x0100
#define MTSP_O_SYNC 0x0080
diff --git a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
index 7c92f79b6480..e94ef158f980 100644
--- a/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
+++ b/arch/mips/loongson/common/mem.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void __init prom_init_memory(void)
/* override of arch/mips/mm/cache.c: __uncached_access */
int __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
{
- if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+ if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
return 1;
return addr >= __pa(high_memory) ||
diff --git a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
index 694d51f523d1..102b2dfa542a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mm/cache.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void __devinit cpu_cache_init(void)
int __weak __uncached_access(struct file *file, unsigned long addr)
{
- if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+ if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
return 1;
return addr >= __pa(high_memory);
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index 1e1c824764ee..f357fc693c89 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
#ifndef _PARISC_FCNTL_H
#define _PARISC_FCNTL_H
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
- located on an ext2 file system */
#define O_APPEND 000000010
#define O_BLKSEEK 000000100 /* HPUX only */
#define O_CREAT 000000400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 000002000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_LARGEFILE 000004000
-#define O_SYNC 000100000
+#define __O_SYNC 000100000
+#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define O_NONBLOCK 000200004 /* HPUX has separate NDELAY & NONBLOCK */
#define O_NOCTTY 000400000 /* not fcntl */
#define O_DSYNC 001000000 /* HPUX only */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
index d4d9c9d852c3..3b9cfb39175e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/fcntl.h
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
#ifndef _SPARC_FCNTL_H
#define _SPARC_FCNTL_H
-/* open/fcntl - O_SYNC is only implemented on blocks devices and on files
- located on an ext2 file system */
#define O_APPEND 0x0008
#define FASYNC 0x0040 /* fcntl, for BSD compatibility */
#define O_CREAT 0x0200 /* not fcntl */
#define O_TRUNC 0x0400 /* not fcntl */
#define O_EXCL 0x0800 /* not fcntl */
-#define O_SYNC 0x2000
+#define O_DSYNC 0x2000 /* used to be O_SYNC, see below */
#define O_NONBLOCK 0x4000
#if defined(__sparc__) && defined(__arch64__)
#define O_NDELAY 0x0004
@@ -20,6 +18,21 @@
#define O_DIRECT 0x100000 /* direct disk access hint */
#define O_NOATIME 0x200000
#define O_CLOEXEC 0x400000
+/*
+ * Before Linux 2.6.32 only O_DSYNC semantics were implemented, but using
+ * the O_SYNC flag. We continue to use the existing numerical value
+ * for O_DSYNC semantics now, but using the correct symbolic name for it.
+ * This new value is used to request true Posix O_SYNC semantics. It is
+ * defined in this strange way to make sure applications compiled against
+ * new headers get at least O_DSYNC semantics on older kernels.
+ *
+ * This has the nice side-effect that we can simply test for O_DSYNC
+ * wherever we do not care if O_DSYNC or O_SYNC is used.
+ *
+ * Note: __O_SYNC must never be used directly.
+ */
+#define __O_SYNC 0x800000
+#define O_SYNC (__O_SYNC|O_DSYNC)
#define F_GETOWN 5 /* for sockets. */
#define F_SETOWN 6 /* for sockets. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 66b55d6e69ed..ae9648eb1c7f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -704,9 +704,8 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
if (!range_is_allowed(pfn, size))
return 0;
- if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
+ if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
- }
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
/*