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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 48ec1c0b23ce..207553e82954 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -866,10 +866,14 @@ xfs_inode_item_push(
iip->ili_format.ilf_fields != 0);
/*
- * Write out the inode. The completion routine ('iflush_done') will
- * pull it from the AIL, mark it clean, unlock the flush lock.
+ * Push the inode to it's backing buffer. This will not remove the
+ * inode from the AIL - a further push will be required to trigger a
+ * buffer push. However, this allows all the dirty inodes to be pushed
+ * to the buffer before it is pushed to disk. THe buffer IO completion
+ * will pull th einode from the AIL, mark it clean and unlock the flush
+ * lock.
*/
- (void) xfs_iflush(ip, XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC);
+ (void) xfs_iflush(ip, 0);
xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
return;