Merge branch 'urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback
* 'urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/writeback:
don't busy retry the inode on failed grab_super_passive()
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1599aa9..04cf3b9 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -618,7 +618,12 @@
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
- requeue_io(inode, wb);
+ /*
+ * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
+ * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
+ * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
+ */
+ redirty_tail(inode, wb);
continue;
}
wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);