linux-kernel - [PATCH] writeback: Don't wait for completion in writeback_inodes_sb

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:43:35 -0700
From:	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] writeback: Don't wait for completion in writeback_inodes_sb_nr

Contrary to the comment block atop writeback_inodes_sb_nr(),
we *were* calling

        wait_for_completion(&done);

which should not be done, as this is not called for data
integrity sync.

Signed-off-by: Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |    3 ---
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 0f015a0..3f711ac 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1186,17 +1186,14 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  */
 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
 	struct wb_writeback_work work = {
 		.sb		= sb,
 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
-		.done		= &done,
 		.nr_pages	= nr,
 	};
 
 	WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 	bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
-	wait_for_completion(&done);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
 
-- 
1.7.3.1

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