Make the if-else straight in __sync_single_inode(). No behavior change. Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 15 +++++++-------- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- linux-mm.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ linux-mm/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -254,8 +254,13 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, spin_lock(&inode_lock); inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC; if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) { - if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) && - mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { + if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { + /* + * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back + * the pages. + */ + requeue_io(inode); + } else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { /* * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages() * sometimes bales out without doing anything. @@ -272,12 +277,6 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, * 2) fast writer during sync: give others a try */ requeue_io_wait(inode); - } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { - /* - * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back - * the pages. - */ - requeue_io(inode); } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) { /* * The inode is clean, inuse -- - 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