Make the if-else straight in writeback_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 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) --- linux.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-09-09 21:40:41.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/fs/fs-writeback.c 2009-09-09 21:41:14.000000000 +0800 @@ -417,8 +417,13 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *ino spin_lock(&inode_lock); inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC; if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) { - 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. + */ + redirty_tail(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. Redirty @@ -462,12 +467,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *ino inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES; redirty_tail(inode); } - } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { - /* - * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back - * the pages. - */ - redirty_tail(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