arg->wake can never be true. the bug was introduced by commit 0c4b255369bcf "ceph: reorganize __send_cap for less spinlock abuse" Signed-off-by: "Yan, Zheng" <zyan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ceph/caps.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c index b3e65c89ba6e..a2a2cda117e0 100644 --- a/fs/ceph/caps.c +++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c @@ -1376,6 +1376,12 @@ static void __prep_cap(struct cap_msg_args *arg, struct ceph_cap *cap, ci->i_ceph_flags &= ~CEPH_I_FLUSH; cap->issued &= retain; /* drop bits we don't want */ + /* + * Wake up any waiters on wanted -> needed transition. This is due to + * the weird transition from buffered to sync IO... we need to flush + * dirty pages _before_ allowing sync writes to avoid reordering. + */ + arg->wake = cap->implemented & ~cap->issued; cap->implemented &= cap->issued | used; cap->mds_wanted = want; @@ -1439,13 +1445,6 @@ static void __prep_cap(struct cap_msg_args *arg, struct ceph_cap *cap, } } arg->flags = flags; - - /* - * Wake up any waiters on wanted -> needed transition. This is due to - * the weird transition from buffered to sync IO... we need to flush - * dirty pages _before_ allowing sync writes to avoid reordering. - */ - arg->wake = cap->implemented & ~cap->issued; } /* -- 2.21.3