From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmtrmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Write only quotas which are dirty at entry. XFSTEST: https://github.com/dmonakhov/xfstests/commit/b10ad23566a5bf75832a6f500e1236084083cddc Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmtrmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/quota/dquot.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c index 26812a6..b492b9e 100644 --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dquot_scan_active); /* Write all dquot structures to quota files */ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type) { - struct list_head *dirty; + struct list_head dirty; struct dquot *dquot; struct quota_info *dqopt = sb_dqopt(sb); int cnt; @@ -636,9 +636,10 @@ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type) if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, cnt)) continue; spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); - dirty = &dqopt->info[cnt].dqi_dirty_list; - while (!list_empty(dirty)) { - dquot = list_first_entry(dirty, struct dquot, + /* Move list away to avoid livelock. */ + list_replace_init(&dqopt->info[cnt].dqi_dirty_list, &dirty); + while (!list_empty(&dirty)) { + dquot = list_first_entry(&dirty, struct dquot, dq_dirty); WARN_ON(!test_bit(DQ_ACTIVE_B, &dquot->dq_flags)); -- 2.7.4