Hi, Before this patch, function gfs2_statfs_sync called sb_start_write and sb_end_write. This is completely unnecessary because, aside from grabbing glocks, gfs2_statfs_sync does all its updates to statfs with a transaction: gfs2_trans_begin and _end. And transactions always do sb_start_intwrite in gfs2_trans_begin and sb_end_intwrite in gfs2_trans_end.
This patch simply removes the call to sb_start_write. Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <[email protected]> --- fs/gfs2/super.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c index b3d951ab8068..2f56acc41c04 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/super.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c @@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type) struct buffer_head *m_bh, *l_bh; int error; - sb_start_write(sb); error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(m_ip->i_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, GL_NOCACHE, &gh); if (error) @@ -392,7 +391,6 @@ int gfs2_statfs_sync(struct super_block *sb, int type) out_unlock: gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&gh); out: - sb_end_write(sb); return error; }
