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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ec28e8ebb984..5cccec68a0a5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3526,10 +3526,18 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
/* Credits for sb + inode write */
handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
- /* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
- * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
- * the write failed... */
- ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+ /*
+ * We wrote the data but cannot extend
+ * i_size. Bail out. In async io case, we do
+ * not return error here because we have
+ * already submmitted the corresponding
+ * bio. Returning error here makes the caller
+ * think that this IO is done and failed
+ * resulting in race with bio's completion
+ * handler.
+ */
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
if (inode->i_nlink)
ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);