Nobody can clear FR_BACKGROUND bit on processing request in parallel, so it's possible to do it out of fc->lock. Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fuse/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c index 214ce96b1d26..ce07a41ff8fe 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/dev.c +++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c @@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ static void request_end(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req) WARN_ON(test_bit(FR_PENDING, &req->flags)); WARN_ON(test_bit(FR_SENT, &req->flags)); if (test_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags)) { - spin_lock(&fc->lock); clear_bit(FR_BACKGROUND, &req->flags); + spin_lock(&fc->lock); if (fc->num_background == fc->max_background) fc->blocked = 0;