> +bool > +xfs_buf_item_put( > + struct xfs_buf_log_item *bip) Any reason to not have this above the caller? Also a little top of function comment explaining this helper might be nice. > + /* > + * We dropped the last ref and must free the item if clean or aborted. > + * If the bli is dirty and non-aborted, the buffer was clean in the > + * transaction but still awaiting writeback from previous changes. In > + * that case, the bli is freed on buffer writeback completion. > + */ > + aborted = test_bit(XFS_LI_ABORTED, &lip->li_flags) || > + XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(lip->li_mountp); > + dirty = bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_DIRTY; > + if (dirty && !aborted) > + return false; > + > + /* > + * The bli is aborted or clean. An aborted item may be in the AIL > + * regardless of dirty state. For example, consider an aborted > + * transaction that invalidated a dirty bli and cleared the dirty > + * state. > + */ > + if (aborted) > + xfs_trans_ail_remove(lip, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR); Hmm, why not: if (test_bit(XFS_LI_ABORTED, &lip->li_flags) || XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(lip->li_mountp)) xfs_trans_ail_remove(lip, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR); else if (dirty) return false;