We cannot ever reach xfs_buf_iorequest for a buffer with XBF_DELWRI set, given that all write handlers make sure that the buffer is remove from the delwri queue before, and we never do reads with the XBF_DELWRI flag set (which the code would not handle correctly anyway). Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- xfs.orig/fs/xfs_buf.c 2011-08-10 10:33:22.758525637 +0200 +++ xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c 2011-08-11 22:24:09.236752446 +0200 @@ -1275,15 +1276,10 @@ xfs_buf_iorequest( { trace_xfs_buf_iorequest(bp, _RET_IP_); - if (bp->b_flags & XBF_DELWRI) { - xfs_buf_delwri_queue(bp, 1); - return 0; - } + ASSERT(!(bp->b_flags & XBF_DELWRI)); - if (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) { + if (bp->b_flags & XBF_WRITE) xfs_buf_wait_unpin(bp); - } - xfs_buf_hold(bp); /* Set the count to 1 initially, this will stop an I/O _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs