Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs

* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs:
  xfs: xfs_swap_extents needs to handle dynamic fork offsets
  xfs: fix missing error check in xfs_rtfree_range
  xfs: fix stale inode flush avoidance
  xfs: Remove inode iolock held check during allocation
  xfs: reclaim all inodes by background tree walks
  xfs: Avoid inodes in reclaim when flushing from inode cache
  xfs: reclaim inodes under a write lock

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 391d36b0e68..ef77fd88c8e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2842,13 +2842,9 @@ xfs_iflush(
 
 	/*
 	 * If the inode isn't dirty, then just release the inode flush lock and
-	 * do nothing. Treat stale inodes the same; we cannot rely on the
-	 * backing buffer remaining stale in cache for the remaining life of
-	 * the stale inode and so xfs_itobp() below may give us a buffer that
-	 * no longer contains inodes below. Doing this stale check here also
-	 * avoids forcing the log on pinned, stale inodes.
+	 * do nothing.
 	 */
-	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip) || xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE)) {
+	if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
 		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -2872,6 +2868,19 @@ xfs_iflush(
 	xfs_iunpin_wait(ip);
 
 	/*
+	 * For stale inodes we cannot rely on the backing buffer remaining
+	 * stale in cache for the remaining life of the stale inode and so
+	 * xfs_itobp() below may give us a buffer that no longer contains
+	 * inodes below. We have to check this after ensuring the inode is
+	 * unpinned so that it is safe to reclaim the stale inode after the
+	 * flush call.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE)) {
+		xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * This may have been unpinned because the filesystem is shutting
 	 * down forcibly. If that's the case we must not write this inode
 	 * to disk, because the log record didn't make it to disk!