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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] writeback: fix writeback_inodes_wb from writeback_inodes_sb
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 21:51:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C0E9F4B.7090204@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100608161458.GE11735@lst.de>

On 08/06/10 18.14, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> When we call writeback_inodes_wb from writeback_inodes_sb we always have
> s_umount held, which currently makes the whole operation a no-op.
> 
> But if we are called to write out inodes for a specific superblock we always
> have s_umount held, so replace the incorrect logic checking for WB_SYNC_ALL
> which only worked by coincidence with the proper check for an explicit
> superblock argument.

This is tons better than the pinning, I like it a lot.

-- 
Jens Axboe


  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-08 19:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-08 16:14 [PATCH 0/6] writeback fixes - slow unmount and others Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 1/6] writeback: fix writeback completion notifications Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:50   ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-15 17:25   ` Jan Kara
2010-06-15 17:30     ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 2/6] writeback: queue work on stack in writeback_inodes_sb Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51   ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 3/6] writeback: enforce s_umount locking " Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-15 17:54   ` Jan Kara
2010-06-15 17:59     ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-15 18:04       ` Jan Kara
2010-06-08 16:14 ` [PATCH 4/6] writeback: fix writeback_inodes_wb from writeback_inodes_sb Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51   ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2010-06-09 12:25     ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-09 12:29       ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:15 ` [PATCH 5/6] writeback: simplify wakeup_flusher_threads Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:51   ` Jens Axboe
2010-06-08 16:15 ` [PATCH 6/6] writeback: simplify and split bdi_start_writeback Christoph Hellwig
2010-06-08 19:52   ` Jens Axboe

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