1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
index ed575fb4b495..7e206fc1fa36 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_cil.c
@@ -405,9 +405,15 @@ xlog_cil_push(
         new_ctx = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*new_ctx), KM_SLEEP|KM_NOFS);
         new_ctx->ticket = xlog_cil_ticket_alloc(log);
 
-        /* lock out transaction commit, but don't block on background push */
+        /*
+         * Lock out transaction commit, but don't block for background pushes
+         * unless we are well over the CIL space limit. See the definition of
+         * XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT() for the full explanation of the logic
+         * used here.
+         */
         if (!down_write_trylock(&cil->xc_ctx_lock)) {
-                if (!push_seq)
+                if (!push_seq &&
+                    cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
                         goto out_free_ticket;
                 down_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
         }
@@ -422,7 +428,7 @@ xlog_cil_push(
                 goto out_skip;
 
         /* check for a previously pushed seqeunce */
-        if (push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
+        if (push_seq && push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
                 goto out_skip;
 
         /*