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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 5bbec31440a4..a1b20625b4e9 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -475,12 +475,28 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) * write_inode() */ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); - /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */ - if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) - inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES; + dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; - inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC); + inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY; + + /* + * Paired with smp_mb() in __mark_inode_dirty(). This allows + * __mark_inode_dirty() to test i_state without grabbing i_lock - + * either they see the I_DIRTY bits cleared or we see the dirtied + * inode. + * + * I_DIRTY_PAGES is always cleared together above even if @mapping + * still has dirty pages. The flag is reinstated after smp_mb() if + * necessary. This guarantees that either __mark_inode_dirty() + * sees clear I_DIRTY_PAGES or we see PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY. + */ + smp_mb(); + + if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) + inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES; + spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); + /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */ if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { int err = write_inode(inode, wbc); @@ -1144,12 +1160,11 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags) } /* - * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state - * -- mikulas + * Paired with smp_mb() in __writeback_single_inode() for the + * following lockless i_state test. See there for details. */ smp_mb(); - /* avoid the locking if we can */ if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags) return; |