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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 9c4c050e427..cf263476d6b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -469,8 +469,18 @@ xfs_buf_item_push(
if (xfs_buf_ispinned(bp))
return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
- if (!xfs_buf_trylock(bp))
+ if (!xfs_buf_trylock(bp)) {
+ /*
+ * If we have just raced with a buffer being pinned and it has
+ * been marked stale, we could end up stalling until someone else
+ * issues a log force to unpin the stale buffer. Check for the
+ * race condition here so xfsaild recognizes the buffer is pinned
+ * and queues a log force to move it along.
+ */
+ if (xfs_buf_ispinned(bp))
+ return XFS_ITEM_PINNED;
return XFS_ITEM_LOCKED;
+ }
ASSERT(!(bip->bli_flags & XFS_BLI_STALE));