Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs

* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs:
  xfs: fix ->write_inode return values
  xfs: fix xfs_mark_inode_dirty during umount
  xfs: deprecate the nodelaylog mount option

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index c4a6e148732..4dc46547766 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -592,3 +592,11 @@ Why:    In 3.0, we can now autodetect internal 3G device and already have
         interface that was used by acer-wmi driver. It will replaced by
         information log when acer-wmi initial.
 Who:    Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@novell.com>
+
+----------------------------
+What:   The XFS nodelaylog mount option
+When:   3.3
+Why:    The delaylog mode that has been the default since 2.6.39 has proven
+        stable, and the old code is in the way of additional improvements in
+        the log code.
+Who:    Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b9c172b3fbb..673704fab74 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ xfs_synchronize_times(
 }
 
 /*
- * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty.
- * Used when committing a dirty inode into a transaction so that
- * the inode will get written back by the linux code
+ * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty, else mark the dirty state
+ * in the XFS inode to make sure we pick it up when reclaiming the inode.
  */
 void
 xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
 
         if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
                 mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+        else {
+                barrier();
+                ip->i_update_core = 1;
+        }
 }
 
 void
@@ -92,6 +95,11 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty(
 
         if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
                 mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        else {
+                barrier();
+                ip->i_update_core = 1;
+        }
+
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 9a72dda58bd..2366c54cc4f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ xfs_parseargs(
                         mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
                 } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODELAYLOG)) {
                         mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DELAYLOG;
+                        xfs_warn(mp,
+        "nodelaylog is deprecated and will be removed in Linux 3.3");
                 } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_DISCARD)) {
                         mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD;
                 } else if (!strcmp(this_char, MNTOPT_NODISCARD)) {
@@ -877,33 +879,17 @@ xfs_log_inode(
         struct xfs_trans        *tp;
         int                     error;
 
-        xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
         tp = xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_FSYNC_TS);
         error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_FSYNC_TS_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
-
         if (error) {
                 xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
-                /* we need to return with the lock hold shared */
-                xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
                 return error;
         }
 
         xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-        /*
-         * Note - it's possible that we might have pushed ourselves out of the
-         * way during trans_reserve which would flush the inode.  But there's
-         * no guarantee that the inode buffer has actually gone out yet (it's
-         * delwri).  Plus the buffer could be pinned anyway if it's part of
-         * an inode in another recent transaction.  So we play it safe and
-         * fire off the transaction anyway.
-         */
-        xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
+        xfs_trans_ijoin_ref(tp, ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
         xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-        error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-        xfs_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-        return error;
+        return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
 
 STATIC int
@@ -918,7 +904,9 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
         trace_xfs_write_inode(ip);
 
         if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
-                return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+                return -XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+        if (!ip->i_update_core)
+                return 0;
 
         if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                 /*
@@ -929,12 +917,10 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
                  * of synchronous log foces dramatically.
                  */
                 xfs_ioend_wait(ip);
-                xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
-                if (ip->i_update_core) {
-                        error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
-                        if (error)
-                                goto out_unlock;
-                }
+                error = xfs_log_inode(ip);
+                if (error)
+                        goto out;
+                return 0;
         } else {
                 /*
                  * We make this non-blocking if the inode is contended, return