From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> I_DIRTY_TIME and I_DIRTY_INODE are mutually exclusive in i_state. So after seeing that I_DIRTY_TIME is set, there's no point in checking for I_DIRTY_INODE, as it must be clear. Separately, wbc->for_sync implies wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL. So there's no need to check for both. Just check for WB_SYNC_ALL. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index f20daf4f5e19b..3f5a589399afe 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1482,8 +1482,7 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) && - ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) || - wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync || + (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when + dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) { dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME; -- 2.30.0