Hello, On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:29:14PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > +static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) > +{ > + spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); > + if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) > + mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); > + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); > +} I wonder whether this can be smarter without requiring wb_lock each timer but this probably is the simplest for -stable backports. > static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, > struct wb_writeback_work *work) > { > trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work); > > spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); > + if (!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) { > + if (work->done) > + complete(work->done); > + goto out_unlock; > + } > list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list); > - spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); > - > mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0); > +out_unlock: > + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); > } > > + > + Why three blank lines? Other than that, Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html