From: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> It's completely unnecessary because callbacks are added to iclogs without holding the icloglock, hence no amount of ordering between the icloglock and ic_callback_lock will order the removal of callbacks from the iclog. Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_log.c | 18 ++++-------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c index e93cac6b5378..bb4390942275 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c @@ -2773,11 +2773,8 @@ static void xlog_state_do_iclog_callbacks( struct xlog *log, struct xlog_in_core *iclog) - __releases(&log->l_icloglock) - __acquires(&log->l_icloglock) { trace_xlog_iclog_callbacks_start(iclog, _RET_IP_); - spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock); spin_lock(&iclog->ic_callback_lock); while (!list_empty(&iclog->ic_callbacks)) { LIST_HEAD(tmp); @@ -2789,12 +2786,6 @@ xlog_state_do_iclog_callbacks( spin_lock(&iclog->ic_callback_lock); } - /* - * Pick up the icloglock while still holding the callback lock so we - * serialise against anyone trying to add more callbacks to this iclog - * now we've finished processing. - */ - spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock); spin_unlock(&iclog->ic_callback_lock); trace_xlog_iclog_callbacks_done(iclog, _RET_IP_); } @@ -2836,13 +2827,12 @@ xlog_state_do_callback( iclog = iclog->ic_next; continue; } + spin_unlock(&log->l_icloglock); - /* - * Running callbacks will drop the icloglock which means - * we'll have to run at least one more complete loop. - */ - cycled_icloglock = true; xlog_state_do_iclog_callbacks(log, iclog); + cycled_icloglock = true; + + spin_lock(&log->l_icloglock); if (XLOG_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log)) wake_up_all(&iclog->ic_force_wait); else -- 2.31.1