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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c index dbb69b4bf3ed..69aac416e2ce 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_ail.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include "xfs_errortag.h" #include "xfs_error.h" #include "xfs_log.h" +#include "xfs_log_priv.h" #ifdef DEBUG /* @@ -429,8 +430,12 @@ xfsaild_push( /* * If we encountered pinned items or did not finish writing out all - * buffers the last time we ran, force the log first and wait for it - * before pushing again. + * buffers the last time we ran, force a background CIL push to get the + * items unpinned in the near future. We do not wait on the CIL push as + * that could stall us for seconds if there is enough background IO + * load. Stalling for that long when the tail of the log is pinned and + * needs flushing will hard stop the transaction subsystem when log + * space runs out. */ if (ailp->ail_log_flush && ailp->ail_last_pushed_lsn == 0 && (!list_empty_careful(&ailp->ail_buf_list) || @@ -438,7 +443,7 @@ xfsaild_push( ailp->ail_log_flush = 0; XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_push_ail_flush); - xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC); + xlog_cil_flush(mp->m_log); } spin_lock(&ailp->ail_lock); |