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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index c403b66ec83c..a4b142a6a2c7 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -251,8 +251,19 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
if ((wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) && (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)) {
+ struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ int ret;
+
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_dirty);
- return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Even if we don't actually write the inode itself here,
+ * we can at least start some of the data writeout..
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+ spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ return ret;
}
/*