1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index debe2822c930..9ad956052b69 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "xfs_log.h"
 #include "xfs_inum.h"
 #include "xfs_trans.h"
+#include "xfs_trans_priv.h"
 #include "xfs_sb.h"
 #include "xfs_ag.h"
 #include "xfs_mount.h"
@@ -462,6 +463,9 @@ xfs_sync_worker(
                 else
                         xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
                 error = xfs_qm_sync(mp, SYNC_TRYLOCK);
+
+                /* start pushing all the metadata that is currently dirty */
+                xfs_ail_push_all(mp->m_ail);
         }
 
         /* queue us up again */
@@ -1027,8 +1031,9 @@ xfs_reclaim_inode_shrink(
 
         mp = container_of(shrink, struct xfs_mount, m_inode_shrink);
         if (nr_to_scan) {
-                /* kick background reclaimer */
+                /* kick background reclaimer and push the AIL */
                 xfs_syncd_queue_reclaim(mp);
+                xfs_ail_push_all(mp->m_ail);
 
                 if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_FS))
                         return -1;