int tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
        struct buffer_head *cbh = NULL; /* For transactional checksums */
        __u32 crc32_sum = ~0;
+       int write_op = WRITE;
 
        /*
         * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
        spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
        commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
+       if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
+               write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
        stats.u.run.rs_wait = commit_transaction->t_max_wait;
        stats.u.run.rs_locked = jiffies;
        stats.u.run.rs_running = jbd2_time_diff(commit_transaction->t_start,
                                clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-                               submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                               submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                        }
                        cond_resched();
                        stats.u.run.rs_blocks_logged += bufs;
 
                }
        }
 
+       if (handle->h_sync)
+               transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
        current->journal_info = NULL;
        spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
        spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
 
         */
        int t_handle_count;
 
+       /*
+        * This transaction is being forced and some process is
+        * waiting for it to finish.
+        */
+       int t_synchronous_commit:1;
+
        /*
         * For use by the filesystem to store fs-specific data
         * structures associated with the transaction