There is no need to call ext4_mark_inode_dirty while holding xattr_sem or i_data_sem, so where it's easy to avoid it, move it out from the critical region. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inline.c | 9 +++------ fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c index 99a5312ced52..31f98dd04e51 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c @@ -1042,7 +1042,6 @@ static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle, dir->i_mtime = dir->i_ctime = current_time(dir); ext4_update_dx_flag(dir); dir->i_version++; - ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); return 1; } @@ -1311,8 +1310,8 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname, ret = ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle, dir, &iloc); out: - ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand); + ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); brelse(iloc.bh); return ret; } @@ -1708,13 +1707,11 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, if (err) goto out; - err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); - if (unlikely(err)) - goto out; - ext4_show_inline_dir(dir, iloc.bh, inline_start, inline_size); out: ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand); + if (likely(err == 0)) + err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); brelse(iloc.bh); if (err != -ENOENT) ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err); diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 88d57af1b516..86dde0667ccc 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -2464,8 +2464,8 @@ static int mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle_t *handle, disksize = i_size; if (disksize > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = disksize; - err2 = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); + err2 = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); if (err2) ext4_error(inode->i_sb, "Failed to mark inode %lu dirty", -- 2.11.0.rc0.7.gbe5a750 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html