b_more_io non-empty check is already preceded by an opposite check. Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 05713a5da083..ef600591d96f 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -1769,15 +1769,13 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, * become available for writeback. Otherwise * we'll just busyloop. */ - if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) { - trace_writeback_wait(wb, work); - inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev); - spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); - spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); - /* This function drops i_lock... */ - inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode); - spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); - } + trace_writeback_wait(wb, work); + inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev); + spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); + spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); + /* This function drops i_lock... */ + inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode); + spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); } spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); blk_finish_plug(&plug); -- 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html