Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs

* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs:
  xfs: stop calling filemap_fdatawait inside ->fsync
  fix readahead calculations in xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents()
  xfs: make sure xfs_sync_fsdata covers the log
  xfs: mark inodes dirty before issuing I/O
  xfs: cleanup ->sync_fs
  xfs: fix xfs_quiesce_data
  xfs: implement ->dirty_inode to fix timestamp handling

13 files changed, 146 insertions, 102 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
index 381854461b2..c2e30eea74d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_aops.c
@@ -186,19 +186,37 @@ xfs_destroy_ioend(
 }
 
 /*
+ * If the end of the current ioend is beyond the current EOF,
+ * return the new EOF value, otherwise zero.
+ */
+STATIC xfs_fsize_t
+xfs_ioend_new_eof(
+	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend)
+{
+	xfs_inode_t		*ip = XFS_I(ioend->io_inode);
+	xfs_fsize_t		isize;
+	xfs_fsize_t		bsize;
+
+	bsize = ioend->io_offset + ioend->io_size;
+	isize = MAX(ip->i_size, ip->i_new_size);
+	isize = MIN(isize, bsize);
+	return isize > ip->i_d.di_size ? isize : 0;
+}
+
+/*
  * Update on-disk file size now that data has been written to disk.
  * The current in-memory file size is i_size.  If a write is beyond
  * eof i_new_size will be the intended file size until i_size is
  * updated.  If this write does not extend all the way to the valid
  * file size then restrict this update to the end of the write.
  */
+
 STATIC void
 xfs_setfilesize(
 	xfs_ioend_t		*ioend)
 {
 	xfs_inode_t		*ip = XFS_I(ioend->io_inode);
 	xfs_fsize_t		isize;
-	xfs_fsize_t		bsize;
 
 	ASSERT((ip->i_d.di_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG);
 	ASSERT(ioend->io_type != IOMAP_READ);
@@ -206,16 +224,10 @@ xfs_setfilesize(
 	if (unlikely(ioend->io_error))
 		return;
 
-	bsize = ioend->io_offset + ioend->io_size;
-
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-	isize = MAX(ip->i_size, ip->i_new_size);
-	isize = MIN(isize, bsize);
-
-	if (ip->i_d.di_size < isize) {
+	isize = xfs_ioend_new_eof(ioend);
+	if (isize) {
 		ip->i_d.di_size = isize;
-		ip->i_update_core = 1;
 		xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
 	}
 
@@ -404,10 +416,16 @@ xfs_submit_ioend_bio(
 	struct bio	*bio)
 {
 	atomic_inc(&ioend->io_remaining);
-
 	bio->bi_private = ioend;
 	bio->bi_end_io = xfs_end_bio;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the I/O is beyond EOF we mark the inode dirty immediately
+	 * but don't update the inode size until I/O completion.
+	 */
+	if (xfs_ioend_new_eof(ioend))
+		xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(XFS_I(ioend->io_inode));
+
 	submit_bio(WRITE, bio);
 	ASSERT(!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP));
 	bio_put(bio);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
index 629370974e5..eff61e2732a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_file.c
@@ -176,14 +176,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
 	struct dentry		*dentry,
 	int			datasync)
 {
-	struct inode		*inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(inode);
-	int			error;
-
-	/* capture size updates in I/O completion before writing the inode. */
-	error = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
+	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(dentry->d_inode);
 
 	xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
 	return -xfs_fsync(ip);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
index da0159d99f8..cd42ef78f6b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_iops.c
@@ -57,19 +57,22 @@
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
 
 /*
- * Bring the atime in the XFS inode uptodate.
- * Used before logging the inode to disk or when the Linux inode goes away.
+ * Bring the timestamps in the XFS inode uptodate.
+ *
+ * Used before writing the inode to disk.
  */
 void
-xfs_synchronize_atime(
+xfs_synchronize_times(
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip)
 {
 	struct inode	*inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
-	if (!(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR)) {
-		ip->i_d.di_atime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
-		ip->i_d.di_atime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
-	}
+	ip->i_d.di_atime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
+	ip->i_d.di_atime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
+	ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+	ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+	ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec = (__int32_t)inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
+	ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -106,32 +109,20 @@ xfs_ichgtime(
 	if ((flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD) &&
 	    !timespec_equal(&inode->i_mtime, &tv)) {
 		inode->i_mtime = tv;
-		ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_sec;
-		ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_nsec;
 		sync_it = 1;
 	}
 	if ((flags & XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG) &&
 	    !timespec_equal(&inode->i_ctime, &tv)) {
 		inode->i_ctime = tv;
-		ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_sec;
-		ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec = (__int32_t)tv.tv_nsec;
 		sync_it = 1;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * We update the i_update_core field _after_ changing
-	 * the timestamps in order to coordinate properly with
-	 * xfs_iflush() so that we don't lose timestamp updates.
-	 * This keeps us from having to hold the inode lock
-	 * while doing this.  We use the SYNCHRONIZE macro to
-	 * ensure that the compiler does not reorder the update
-	 * of i_update_core above the timestamp updates above.
+	 * Update complete - now make sure everyone knows that the inode
+	 * is dirty.
 	 */
-	if (sync_it) {
-		SYNCHRONIZE();
-		ip->i_update_core = 1;
+	if (sync_it)
 		xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
-	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -506,10 +497,8 @@ xfs_vn_getattr(
 	stat->gid = ip->i_d.di_gid;
 	stat->ino = ip->i_ino;
 	stat->atime = inode->i_atime;
-	stat->mtime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec;
-	stat->mtime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec;
-	stat->ctime.tv_sec = ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec;
-	stat->ctime.tv_nsec = ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec;
+	stat->mtime = inode->i_mtime;
+	stat->ctime = inode->i_ctime;
 	stat->blocks =
 		XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, ip->i_d.di_nblocks + ip->i_delayed_blks);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
index 49e4a6aea73..072050f8d34 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_lrw.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ start:
 		xip->i_new_size = new_size;
 
 	if (likely(!(ioflags & IO_INVIS)))
-		xfs_ichgtime(xip, XFS_ICHGTIME_MOD | XFS_ICHGTIME_CHG);
+		file_update_time(file);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the offset is beyond the size of the file, we have a couple
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index bdd41c8c342..18a4b8e11df 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -977,6 +977,28 @@ xfs_fs_inode_init_once(
 }
 
 /*
+ * Dirty the XFS inode when mark_inode_dirty_sync() is called so that
+ * we catch unlogged VFS level updates to the inode. Care must be taken
+ * here - the transaction code calls mark_inode_dirty_sync() to mark the
+ * VFS inode dirty in a transaction and clears the i_update_core field;
+ * it must clear the field after calling mark_inode_dirty_sync() to
+ * correctly indicate that the dirty state has been propagated into the
+ * inode log item.
+ *
+ * We need the barrier() to maintain correct ordering between unlogged
+ * updates and the transaction commit code that clears the i_update_core
+ * field. This requires all updates to be completed before marking the
+ * inode dirty.
+ */
+STATIC void
+xfs_fs_dirty_inode(
+	struct inode	*inode)
+{
+	barrier();
+	XFS_I(inode)->i_update_core = 1;
+}
+
+/*
  * Attempt to flush the inode, this will actually fail
  * if the inode is pinned, but we dirty the inode again
  * at the point when it is unpinned after a log write,
@@ -1126,7 +1148,7 @@ xfs_fs_put_super(
 }
 
 STATIC int
-xfs_fs_sync_super(
+xfs_fs_sync_fs(
 	struct super_block	*sb,
 	int			wait)
 {
@@ -1134,23 +1156,23 @@ xfs_fs_sync_super(
 	int			error;
 
 	/*
-	 * Treat a sync operation like a freeze.  This is to work
-	 * around a race in sync_inodes() which works in two phases
-	 * - an asynchronous flush, which can write out an inode
-	 * without waiting for file size updates to complete, and a
-	 * synchronous flush, which wont do anything because the
-	 * async flush removed the inode's dirty flag.  Also
-	 * sync_inodes() will not see any files that just have
-	 * outstanding transactions to be flushed because we don't
-	 * dirty the Linux inode until after the transaction I/O
-	 * completes.
+	 * Not much we can do for the first async pass.  Writing out the
+	 * superblock would be counter-productive as we are going to redirty
+	 * when writing out other data and metadata (and writing out a single
+	 * block is quite fast anyway).
+	 *
+	 * Try to asynchronously kick off quota syncing at least.
 	 */
-	if (wait || unlikely(sb->s_frozen == SB_FREEZE_WRITE))
-		error = xfs_quiesce_data(mp);
-	else
-		error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, 0);
+	if (!wait) {
+		xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	error = xfs_quiesce_data(mp);
+	if (error)
+		return -error;
 
-	if (unlikely(laptop_mode)) {
+	if (laptop_mode) {
 		int	prev_sync_seq = mp->m_sync_seq;
 
 		/*
@@ -1169,7 +1191,7 @@ xfs_fs_sync_super(
 				mp->m_sync_seq != prev_sync_seq);
 	}
 
-	return -error;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -1539,10 +1561,11 @@ xfs_fs_get_sb(
 static const struct super_operations xfs_super_operations = {
 	.alloc_inode		= xfs_fs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode		= xfs_fs_destroy_inode,
+	.dirty_inode		= xfs_fs_dirty_inode,
 	.write_inode		= xfs_fs_write_inode,
 	.clear_inode		= xfs_fs_clear_inode,
 	.put_super		= xfs_fs_put_super,
-	.sync_fs		= xfs_fs_sync_super,
+	.sync_fs		= xfs_fs_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs		= xfs_fs_freeze,
 	.statfs			= xfs_fs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs		= xfs_fs_remount,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index 320be6aea49..961df0a22c7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -309,11 +309,15 @@ xfs_sync_attr(
 STATIC int
 xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	uint			log_flags)
+	uint			flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = mp->m_rootip;
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error;
+	int			log_flags = XFS_LOG_FORCE;
+
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
+		log_flags |= XFS_LOG_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * Put a dummy transaction in the log to tell recovery
@@ -331,13 +335,12 @@ xfs_commit_dummy_trans(
 	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	xfs_trans_ihold(tp, ip);
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	/* XXX(hch): ignoring the error here.. */
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 
+	/* the log force ensures this transaction is pushed to disk */
 	xfs_log_force(mp, 0, log_flags);
-	return 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 int
@@ -385,7 +388,20 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	else
 		XFS_BUF_ASYNC(bp);
 
-	return xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
+	error = xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this is a data integrity sync make sure all pending buffers
+	 * are flushed out for the log coverage check below.
+	 */
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
+		xfs_flush_buftarg(mp->m_ddev_targp, 1);
+
+	if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
+		error = xfs_commit_dummy_trans(mp, flags);
+	return error;
 
  out_brelse:
 	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
@@ -419,14 +435,16 @@ xfs_quiesce_data(
 	/* push non-blocking */
 	xfs_sync_data(mp, 0);
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
-	xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
 
-	/* push and block */
+	/* push and block till complete */
 	xfs_sync_data(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 	xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
+	/* drop inode references pinned by filestreams */
+	xfs_filestream_flush(mp);
+
 	/* write superblock and hoover up shutdown errors */
-	error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, 0);
+	error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_WAIT);
 
 	/* flush data-only devices */
 	if (mp->m_rtdev_targp)
@@ -570,8 +588,6 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
 		/* dgc: errors ignored here */
 		error = xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
 		error = xfs_sync_fsdata(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
-		if (xfs_log_need_covered(mp))
-			error = xfs_commit_dummy_trans(mp, XFS_LOG_FORCE);
 	}
 	mp->m_sync_seq++;
 	wake_up(&mp->m_wait_single_sync_task);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
index 7465f9ee125..ab89a7e94a0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c
@@ -206,10 +206,10 @@ xfs_swap_extents(
 	 * process that the file was not changed out from
 	 * under it.
 	 */
-	if ((sbp->bs_ctime.tv_sec != ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_sec) ||
-	    (sbp->bs_ctime.tv_nsec != ip->i_d.di_ctime.t_nsec) ||
-	    (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_sec != ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_sec) ||
-	    (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_nsec != ip->i_d.di_mtime.t_nsec)) {
+	if ((sbp->bs_ctime.tv_sec != VFS_I(ip)->i_ctime.tv_sec) ||
+	    (sbp->bs_ctime.tv_nsec != VFS_I(ip)->i_ctime.tv_nsec) ||
+	    (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_sec != VFS_I(ip)->i_mtime.tv_sec) ||
+	    (sbp->bs_mtime.tv_nsec != VFS_I(ip)->i_mtime.tv_nsec)) {
 		error = XFS_ERROR(EBUSY);
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
index fa913e45944..41ad537c49e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dir2_leaf.c
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 			 */
 			ra_want = howmany(bufsize + mp->m_dirblksize,
 					  mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize) - 1;
+			ASSERT(ra_want >= 0);
 
 			/*
 			 * If we don't have as many as we want, and we haven't
@@ -1088,7 +1089,8 @@ xfs_dir2_leaf_getdents(
 		 */
 		ptr += length;
 		curoff += length;
-		bufsize -= length;
+		/* bufsize may have just been a guess; don't go negative */
+		bufsize = bufsize > length ? bufsize - length : 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index c1dc7ef5a1d..b92a4fa2a0a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -3068,9 +3068,9 @@ xfs_iflush_int(
 	SYNCHRONIZE();
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure to get the latest atime from the Linux inode.
+	 * Make sure to get the latest timestamps from the Linux inode.
 	 */
-	xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
+	xfs_synchronize_times(ip);
 
 	if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(be16_to_cpu(dip->di_magic) != XFS_DINODE_MAGIC,
 			       mp, XFS_ERRTAG_IFLUSH_1, XFS_RANDOM_IFLUSH_1)) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index 0b38b9a869e..41555de1d1d 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void		xfs_ichgtime(xfs_inode_t *, int);
 void		xfs_lock_inodes(xfs_inode_t **, int, uint);
 void		xfs_lock_two_inodes(xfs_inode_t *, xfs_inode_t *, uint);
 
-void		xfs_synchronize_atime(xfs_inode_t *);
+void		xfs_synchronize_times(xfs_inode_t *);
 void		xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(xfs_inode_t *);
 
 #if defined(XFS_INODE_TRACE)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 47d5b663c37..9794b876d6f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -232,6 +232,15 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 	nvecs	     = 1;
 
 	/*
+	 * Make sure the linux inode is dirty. We do this before
+	 * clearing i_update_core as the VFS will call back into
+	 * XFS here and set i_update_core, so we need to dirty the
+	 * inode first so that the ordering of i_update_core and
+	 * unlogged modifications still works as described below.
+	 */
+	xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
+
+	/*
 	 * Clear i_update_core if the timestamps (or any other
 	 * non-transactional modification) need flushing/logging
 	 * and we're about to log them with the rest of the core.
@@ -263,14 +272,9 @@ xfs_inode_item_format(
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure to get the latest atime from the Linux inode.
+	 * Make sure to get the latest timestamps from the Linux inode.
 	 */
-	xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
-
-	/*
-	 * make sure the linux inode is dirty
-	 */
-	xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(ip);
+	xfs_synchronize_times(ip);
 
 	vecp->i_addr = (xfs_caddr_t)&ip->i_d;
 	vecp->i_len  = sizeof(struct xfs_icdinode);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
index b68f9107e26..62efab2f383 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_itable.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ xfs_bulkstat_one_iget(
 {
 	xfs_icdinode_t	*dic;	/* dinode core info pointer */
 	xfs_inode_t	*ip;		/* incore inode pointer */
+	struct inode	*inode;
 	int		error;
 
 	error = xfs_iget(mp, NULL, ino,
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ xfs_bulkstat_one_iget(
 	ASSERT(ip->i_imap.im_blkno != 0);
 
 	dic = &ip->i_d;
+	inode = VFS_I(ip);
 
 	/* xfs_iget returns the following without needing
 	 * further change.
@@ -83,16 +85,19 @@ xfs_bulkstat_one_iget(
 	buf->bs_uid = dic->di_uid;
 	buf->bs_gid = dic->di_gid;
 	buf->bs_size = dic->di_size;
+
 	/*
-	 * We are reading the atime from the Linux inode because the
-	 * dinode might not be uptodate.
+	 * We need to read the timestamps from the Linux inode because
+	 * the VFS keeps writing directly into the inode structure instead
+	 * of telling us about the updates.
 	 */
-	buf->bs_atime.tv_sec = VFS_I(ip)->i_atime.tv_sec;
-	buf->bs_atime.tv_nsec = VFS_I(ip)->i_atime.tv_nsec;
-	buf->bs_mtime.tv_sec = dic->di_mtime.t_sec;
-	buf->bs_mtime.tv_nsec = dic->di_mtime.t_nsec;
-	buf->bs_ctime.tv_sec = dic->di_ctime.t_sec;
-	buf->bs_ctime.tv_nsec = dic->di_ctime.t_nsec;
+	buf->bs_atime.tv_sec = inode->i_atime.tv_sec;
+	buf->bs_atime.tv_nsec = inode->i_atime.tv_nsec;
+	buf->bs_mtime.tv_sec = inode->i_mtime.tv_sec;
+	buf->bs_mtime.tv_nsec = inode->i_mtime.tv_nsec;
+	buf->bs_ctime.tv_sec = inode->i_ctime.tv_sec;
+	buf->bs_ctime.tv_nsec = inode->i_ctime.tv_nsec;
+
 	buf->bs_xflags = xfs_ip2xflags(ip);
 	buf->bs_extsize = dic->di_extsize << mp->m_sb.sb_blocklog;
 	buf->bs_extents = dic->di_nextents;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index a434f287962..b572f7e840e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -2476,12 +2476,6 @@ xfs_reclaim(
 	ASSERT(XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount) || ip->i_delayed_blks == 0);
 
 	/*
-	 * Make sure the atime in the XFS inode is correct before freeing the
-	 * Linux inode.
-	 */
-	xfs_synchronize_atime(ip);
-
-	/*
 	 * If we have nothing to flush with this inode then complete the
 	 * teardown now, otherwise break the link between the xfs inode and the
 	 * linux inode and clean up the xfs inode later. This avoids flushing