3 files changed, 48 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/fs/file.cpp b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
index 077f34995..274f57659 100644
--- a/src/common/fs/file.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fs/file.cpp
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ bool IOFile::Flush() const {
     errno = 0;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-    const auto flush_result = std::fflush(file) == 0 && _commit(fileno(file)) == 0;
+    const auto flush_result = std::fflush(file) == 0;
 #else
-    const auto flush_result = std::fflush(file) == 0 && fsync(fileno(file)) == 0;
+    const auto flush_result = std::fflush(file) == 0;
 #endif
 
     if (!flush_result) {
@@ -320,6 +320,28 @@ bool IOFile::Flush() const {
     return flush_result;
 }
 
+bool IOFile::Commit() const {
+    if (!IsOpen()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    errno = 0;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    const auto commit_result = std::fflush(file) == 0 && _commit(fileno(file)) == 0;
+#else
+    const auto commit_result = std::fflush(file) == 0 && fsync(fileno(file)) == 0;
+#endif
+
+    if (!commit_result) {
+        const auto ec = std::error_code{errno, std::generic_category()};
+        LOG_ERROR(Common_Filesystem, "Failed to commit the file at path={}, ec_message={}",
+                  PathToUTF8String(file_path), ec.message());
+    }
+
+    return commit_result;
+}
+
 bool IOFile::SetSize(u64 size) const {
     if (!IsOpen()) {
         return false;
@@ -347,6 +369,9 @@ u64 IOFile::GetSize() const {
         return 0;
     }
 
+    // Flush any unwritten buffered data into the file prior to retrieving the file size.
+    std::fflush(file);
+
     std::error_code ec;
 
     const auto file_size = fs::file_size(file_path, ec);
diff --git a/src/common/fs/file.h b/src/common/fs/file.h
index 588fe619d..2c4ab4332 100644
--- a/src/common/fs/file.h
+++ b/src/common/fs/file.h
@@ -396,13 +396,22 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] size_t WriteString(std::span<const char> string) const;
 
     /**
-     * Attempts to flush any unwritten buffered data into the file and flush the file into the disk.
+     * Attempts to flush any unwritten buffered data into the file.
      *
      * @returns True if the flush was successful, false otherwise.
      */
     bool Flush() const;
 
     /**
+     * Attempts to commit the file into the disk.
+     * Note that this is an expensive operation as this forces the operating system to write
+     * the contents of the file associated with the file descriptor into the disk.
+     *
+     * @returns True if the commit was successful, false otherwise.
+     */
+    bool Commit() const;
+
+    /**
      * Resizes the file to a given size.
      * If the file is resized to a smaller size, the remainder of the file is discarded.
      * If the file is resized to a larger size, the new area appears as if zero-filled.
diff --git a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
index b6fa4affb..61dddab3f 100644
--- a/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
+++ b/src/common/logging/backend.cpp
@@ -171,19 +171,22 @@ FileBackend::FileBackend(const std::filesystem::path& filename) {
 FileBackend::~FileBackend() = default;
 
 void FileBackend::Write(const Entry& entry) {
+    if (!file->IsOpen()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     using namespace Common::Literals;
-    // prevent logs from going over the maximum size (in case its spamming and the user doesn't
-    // know)
+    // Prevent logs from exceeding a set maximum size in the event that log entries are spammed.
     constexpr std::size_t MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN = 100_MiB;
     constexpr std::size_t MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN_EXTENDED = 1_GiB;
 
-    if (!file->IsOpen()) {
-        return;
-    }
+    const bool write_limit_exceeded =
+        bytes_written > MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN_EXTENDED ||
+        (bytes_written > MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN && !Settings::values.extended_logging);
 
-    if (Settings::values.extended_logging && bytes_written > MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN_EXTENDED) {
-        return;
-    } else if (!Settings::values.extended_logging && bytes_written > MAX_BYTES_WRITTEN) {
+    // Close the file after the write limit is exceeded.
+    if (write_limit_exceeded) {
+        file->Close();
         return;
     }