> +xfs_lock_two_inodes_separately( > + struct xfs_inode *ip0, > + uint ip0_mode, > + struct xfs_inode *ip1, > + uint ip1_mode) We only have 6 calls to xfs_lock_two_inodes in total, so just update the signature to take two modes and be done with it. Also how about mode1 and mode2 for the argument names? > lp = (xfs_log_item_t *)ip0->i_itemp; > if (lp && (lp->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)) { > - if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip1, xfs_lock_inumorder(lock_mode, 1))) { > - xfs_iunlock(ip0, lock_mode); > + if (!xfs_ilock_nowait(ip1, xfs_lock_inumorder(ip1_mode, 1))) { > + xfs_iunlock(ip0, ip0_mode); > if ((++attempts % 5) == 0) > delay(1); /* Don't just spin the CPU */ > goto again; > } > } else { > - xfs_ilock(ip1, xfs_lock_inumorder(lock_mode, 1)); > + xfs_ilock(ip1, xfs_lock_inumorder(ip1_mode, 1)); > } > } Not directly related to your patch, but the the nowait + retry mess must go away. I think we need to move to the VFS locking conventions, that is based on ancestors for directories (see lock_rename) and otherwise based on the struct inode address as in lock_two_nondirectories. > if (src_last) > - inode_lock_nested(src, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2); > + down_read_nested(&src->i_rwsem, I_MUTEX_NONDIR2); Why is this not using inode_lock_nested any more? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-xfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html