When InnoDB is invoking posix_fallocate() to extend data files, it is missing a call to fsync() to update the file system metadata. If file system recovery is needed, the file size could be incorrect.

Furthermore, when the setting innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT_NO_FSYNC that was introduced in MariaDB 10.0.11 (and MySQL 5.6) is enabled, InnoDB would stop calling fsync() after extending files.

This report is motivated by a MySQL 5.7.25 change Bug#27309336 Backport to 5.7 that restores the fsync() call. We will fix the bug differently; it does not seem to be a good idea to hold the already contentious fil_system->mutex while executing a system call.