2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index 73cf8dc1973..f7ba76633c2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ STATIC void
 xfs_syncd_queue_work(
         struct xfs_mount *mp,
         void            *data,
-        void            (*syncer)(struct xfs_mount *, void *))
+        void            (*syncer)(struct xfs_mount *, void *),
+        struct completion *completion)
 {
         struct xfs_sync_work *work;
 
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ xfs_syncd_queue_work(
         work->w_syncer = syncer;
         work->w_data = data;
         work->w_mount = mp;
+        work->w_completion = completion;
         spin_lock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
         list_add_tail(&work->w_list, &mp->m_sync_list);
         spin_unlock(&mp->m_sync_lock);
@@ -441,10 +443,11 @@ xfs_flush_inodes(
         xfs_inode_t     *ip)
 {
         struct inode    *inode = VFS_I(ip);
+        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(completion);
 
         igrab(inode);
-        xfs_syncd_queue_work(ip->i_mount, inode, xfs_flush_inodes_work);
-        delay(msecs_to_jiffies(500));
+        xfs_syncd_queue_work(ip->i_mount, inode, xfs_flush_inodes_work, &completion);
+        wait_for_completion(&completion);
         xfs_log_force(ip->i_mount, (xfs_lsn_t)0, XFS_LOG_FORCE|XFS_LOG_SYNC);
 }
 
@@ -514,6 +517,8 @@ xfssyncd(
                         list_del(&work->w_list);
                         if (work == &mp->m_sync_work)
                                 continue;
+                        if (work->w_completion)
+                                complete(work->w_completion);
                         kmem_free(work);
                 }
         }
@@ -527,6 +532,7 @@ xfs_syncd_init(
 {
         mp->m_sync_work.w_syncer = xfs_sync_worker;
         mp->m_sync_work.w_mount = mp;
+        mp->m_sync_work.w_completion = NULL;
         mp->m_sync_task = kthread_run(xfssyncd, mp, "xfssyncd");
         if (IS_ERR(mp->m_sync_task))
                 return -PTR_ERR(mp->m_sync_task);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
index 6e83a35626e..308d5bf6dfb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_sync_work {
         struct xfs_mount        *w_mount;
         void                    *w_data;        /* syncer routine argument */
         void                    (*w_syncer)(struct xfs_mount *, void *);
+        struct completion       *w_completion;
 } xfs_sync_work_t;
 
 #define SYNC_ATTR               0x0001  /* sync attributes */