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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c12
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index c6bf775e641..52aa5454007 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -474,10 +474,15 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
- if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+ if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_PAGES) && wbc->for_kupdate) {
/*
- * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
- * the pages.
+ * More pages get dirtied by a fast dirtier.
+ */
+ goto select_queue;
+ } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+ /*
+ * At least XFS will redirty the inode during the
+ * writeback (delalloc) and on io completion (isize).
*/
redirty_tail(inode);
} else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
@@ -502,6 +507,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
* soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
*/
inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
+select_queue:
if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
/*
* slice used up: queue for next turn