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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/ext4/inode.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 93f16c5e8a8..7b93df9aa18 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -4427,21 +4427,20 @@ out_brelse: * * We are called from a few places: * - * - Within generic_file_write() for O_SYNC files. + * - Within generic_file_aio_write() -> generic_write_sync() for O_SYNC files. * Here, there will be no transaction running. We wait for any running * transaction to commit. * - * - Within sys_sync(), kupdate and such. - * We wait on commit, if tol to. + * - Within flush work (sys_sync(), kupdate and such). + * We wait on commit, if told to. * - * - Within prune_icache() (PF_MEMALLOC == true) - * Here we simply return. We can't afford to block kswapd on the - * journal commit. + * - Within iput_final() -> write_inode_now() + * We wait on commit, if told to. * * In all cases it is actually safe for us to return without doing anything, * because the inode has been copied into a raw inode buffer in - * ext4_mark_inode_dirty(). This is a correctness thing for O_SYNC and for - * knfsd. + * ext4_mark_inode_dirty(). This is a correctness thing for WB_SYNC_ALL + * writeback. * * Note that we are absolutely dependent upon all inode dirtiers doing the * right thing: they *must* call mark_inode_dirty() after dirtying info in @@ -4453,15 +4452,15 @@ out_brelse: * stuff(); * inode->i_size = expr; * - * is in error because a kswapd-driven write_inode() could occur while - * `stuff()' is running, and the new i_size will be lost. Plus the inode - * will no longer be on the superblock's dirty inode list. + * is in error because write_inode() could occur while `stuff()' is running, + * and the new i_size will be lost. Plus the inode will no longer be on the + * superblock's dirty inode list. */ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { int err; - if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) return 0; if (EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) { |