@@ -1189,10 +1189,6 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
btrfs_tree_unlock(eb);
free_extent_buffer(eb);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
-
- ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
if (ret)
return ret;
@@ -1210,10 +1206,6 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
if (ret)
return ret;
- /* run_qgroups might have added some more refs */
- ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
again:
while (!list_empty(&fs_info->dirty_cowonly_roots)) {
struct btrfs_root *root;
@@ -1228,15 +1220,24 @@ static noinline int commit_cowonly_roots(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans)
ret = update_cowonly_root(trans, root);
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
}
+ /* Now flush any delayed refs generated by updating all of the roots. */
+ ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
while (!list_empty(dirty_bgs) || !list_empty(io_bgs)) {
ret = btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans);
if (ret)
return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * We're writing the dirty block groups, which could generate
+ * delayed refs, which could generate more dirty block groups,
+ * so we want to keep this flushing in this loop to make sure
+ * everything gets run.
+ */
ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, (unsigned long)-1);
if (ret)
return ret;
This was added a very long time ago to work around issues with delayed refs and with qgroups. Both of these issues have since been properly fixed, so all this does is cause a lot of lock contention with anybody else who is running delayed refs. Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com> --- fs/btrfs/transaction.c | 23 ++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)