1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1b43cc9d9ebb..30d9383c87c3 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -308,7 +308,14 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
                 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
                 int ret;
 
-                redirty_tail(inode);
+                /*
+                 * We're skipping this inode because it's locked, and we're not
+                 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity.  Move it to the head of
+                 * s_dirty so that writeback can proceed with the other inodes
+                 * on s_io.  We'll have another go at writing back this inode
+                 * when the s_dirty iodes get moved back onto s_io.
+                 */
+                redirty_head(inode);
 
                 /*
                  * Even if we don't actually write the inode itself here,