---

yaml
---
r: 11871
b: refs/heads/master
c: 7f04c26
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  11869: 8fddd42
  11867: f1b25d8
  11863: 2518c60
  11855: 77fd292
  11839: c30a76a
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 52303e8b5f8aa234865d40d76ea16b0ff4b27022
+refs/heads/master: 7f04c26d715a2467a49a2384268de8f70f787b51

trunk/fs/fs-writeback.c

@@ -230,22 +230,27 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 			 * The inode is clean, unused
 			 */
 			list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
-			inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
 		}
 	}
 	wake_up_inode(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
- * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.
+ * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.  Either the
+ * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
+ * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
  */
 static int
-__writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
-			struct writeback_control *wbc)
+__writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 
+	if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
+		WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE));
+	else
+		WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
+
 	if ((wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) && (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)) {
 		list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_dirty);
 		return 0;
@@ -259,11 +264,9 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
 
 		wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK);
 		do {
-			__iget(inode);
 			spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 			__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait,
 							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-			iput(inode);
 			spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 		} while (inode->i_state & I_LOCK);
 	}
@@ -541,14 +544,15 @@ void sync_inodes(int wait)
 }
 
 /**
- *	write_inode_now	-	write an inode to disk
- *	@inode: inode to write to disk
- *	@sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
+ * write_inode_now	-	write an inode to disk
+ * @inode: inode to write to disk
+ * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
+ *
+ * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
+ * primarily needed by knfsd.
  *
- *	This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is
- *	dirty. This is primarily needed by knfsd.
+ * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
  */
-
 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 {
 	int ret;

trunk/fs/inode.c

@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
 		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 	clear_inode(inode);
+	wake_up_inode(inode);
 	destroy_inode(inode);
 }