---

yaml
---
r: 297888
b: refs/heads/master
c: 914b200
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 79787eaab46121d4713ed03c8fc63b9ec3eaec76
+refs/heads/master: 914b20070b413ca10f832c45a58b2894990f065f

trunk/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c

@@ -1640,8 +1640,10 @@ static int transaction_kthread(void *arg)
 	u64 transid;
 	unsigned long now;
 	unsigned long delay;
+	bool cannot_commit;
 
 	do {
+		cannot_commit = false;
 		delay = HZ * 30;
 		vfs_check_frozen(root->fs_info->sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE);
 		mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->transaction_kthread_mutex);
@@ -1665,8 +1667,10 @@ static int transaction_kthread(void *arg)
 
 		/* If the file system is aborted, this will always fail. */
 		trans = btrfs_join_transaction(root);
-		if (IS_ERR(trans))
+		if (IS_ERR(trans)) {
+			cannot_commit = true;
 			goto sleep;
+		}
 		if (transid == trans->transid) {
 			btrfs_commit_transaction(trans, root);
 		} else {
@@ -1679,7 +1683,8 @@ static int transaction_kthread(void *arg)
 		if (!try_to_freeze()) {
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 			if (!kthread_should_stop() &&
-			    !btrfs_transaction_blocked(root->fs_info))
+			    (!btrfs_transaction_blocked(root->fs_info) ||
+			     cannot_commit))
 				schedule_timeout(delay);
 			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 		}