@@ -1422,10 +1422,18 @@ xlog_cil_push_background(
ASSERT(!test_bit(XLOG_CIL_EMPTY, &cil->xc_flags));
/*
- * Don't do a background push if we haven't used up all the
- * space available yet.
+ * We are done if:
+ * - we haven't used up all the space available yet; or
+ * - we've already queued up a push; and
+ * - we're not over the hard limit; and
+ * - nothing has been over the hard limit.
+ *
+ * If so, we don't need to take the push lock as there's nothing to do.
*/
- if (space_used < XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log)) {
+ if (space_used < XLOG_CIL_SPACE_LIMIT(log) ||
+ (cil->xc_push_seq == cil->xc_current_sequence &&
+ space_used < XLOG_CIL_BLOCKING_SPACE_LIMIT(log) &&
+ !waitqueue_active(&cil->xc_push_wait))) {
up_read(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
return;
}