This patch removes spin_lock, since this is covered by f2fs_lock_op already. And, we should avoid to use page operations inside spin_lock.
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaeg...@kernel.org> --- fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c index 6dbff2b..d076e7e 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c @@ -514,7 +514,12 @@ static void write_orphan_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, block_t start_blk) grab_meta_page(sbi, start_blk + index); index = 1; - spin_lock(&im->ino_lock); + + /* + * we don't need to do spin_lock(&im->ino_lock) here, since all the + * orphan inode operations are covered under f2fs_lock_op(). + * And, spin_lock should be avoided due to page operations below. + */ head = &im->ino_list; /* loop for each orphan inode entry and write them in Jornal block */ @@ -554,8 +559,6 @@ static void write_orphan_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, block_t start_blk) set_page_dirty(page); f2fs_put_page(page, 1); } - - spin_unlock(&im->ino_lock); } static struct page *validate_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, -- 2.1.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel