xfs_buf_delwri_pushbuf synchronously writes a buffer that is on a delwri list already. Instead of doing a complicated dance with the delwri and wait list, just leave them alone and open code the actual buffer write. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 33 ++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c index 5abada2b4a4a..fba494b9b9da 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c @@ -2384,14 +2384,9 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_submit( * Push a single buffer on a delwri queue. * * The purpose of this function is to submit a single buffer of a delwri queue - * and return with the buffer still on the original queue. The waiting delwri - * buffer submission infrastructure guarantees transfer of the delwri queue - * buffer reference to a temporary wait list. We reuse this infrastructure to - * transfer the buffer back to the original queue. + * and return with the buffer still on the original queue. * - * Note the buffer transitions from the queued state, to the submitted and wait - * listed state and back to the queued state during this call. The buffer - * locking and queue management logic between _delwri_pushbuf() and + * The buffer locking and queue management logic between _delwri_pushbuf() and * _delwri_queue() guarantee that the buffer cannot be queued to another list * before returning. */ @@ -2400,33 +2395,21 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_pushbuf( struct xfs_buf *bp, struct list_head *buffer_list) { - LIST_HEAD (submit_list); int error; ASSERT(bp->b_flags & _XBF_DELWRI_Q); trace_xfs_buf_delwri_pushbuf(bp, _RET_IP_); - /* - * Isolate the buffer to a new local list so we can submit it for I/O - * independently from the rest of the original list. - */ xfs_buf_lock(bp); - list_move(&bp->b_list, &submit_list); - xfs_buf_unlock(bp); - - /* - * Delwri submission clears the DELWRI_Q buffer flag and returns with - * the buffer on the wait list with the original reference. Rather than - * bounce the buffer from a local wait list back to the original list - * after I/O completion, reuse the original list as the wait list. - */ - xfs_buf_delwri_submit_buffers(&submit_list, buffer_list); + bp->b_flags &= ~(_XBF_DELWRI_Q | XBF_ASYNC); + bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE; + xfs_buf_submit(bp); /* - * The buffer is now locked, under I/O and wait listed on the original - * delwri queue. Wait for I/O completion, restore the DELWRI_Q flag and - * return with the buffer unlocked and on the original queue. + * The buffer is now locked, under I/O but still on the original delwri + * queue. Wait for I/O completion, restore the DELWRI_Q flag and + * return with the buffer unlocked and still on the original queue. */ error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp); bp->b_flags |= _XBF_DELWRI_Q; -- 2.45.2