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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 24489126f8ca..d8ea7ed411b2 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,10 @@ static long writeback_chunk_size(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
*
* Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
+ *
+ * NOTE! This is called with wb->list_lock held, and will
+ * unlock and relock that for each inode it ends up doing
+ * IO for.
*/
static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
struct bdi_writeback *wb,
@@ -1398,9 +1402,7 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
long write_chunk;
long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
- struct blk_plug plug;
- blk_start_plug(&plug);
while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
@@ -1498,7 +1500,6 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
break;
}
}
- blk_finish_plug(&plug);
return wrote;
}