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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index ce278b3ae7f..391d36b0e68 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -2841,10 +2841,14 @@ xfs_iflush(
mp = ip->i_mount;
/*
- * If the inode isn't dirty, then just release the inode
- * flush lock and do nothing.
+ * 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.
*/
- if (xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
+ if (xfs_inode_clean(ip) || xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE)) {
xfs_ifunlock(ip);
return 0;
}