1 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index a21d8f1a56d1..05221366a16d 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static bool inode_io_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode,
 				      struct list_head *head)
 {
 	assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+	assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
 
 	list_move(&inode->i_io_list, head);
 
@@ -1365,9 +1366,9 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 		inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
 		if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, dirtied_before))
 			break;
+		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
 		moved++;
-		spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 		inode->i_state |= I_SYNC_QUEUED;
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 		if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
@@ -1383,7 +1384,12 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Move inodes from one superblock together */
+	/*
+	 * Although inode's i_io_list is moved from 'tmp' to 'dispatch_queue',
+	 * we don't take inode->i_lock here because it is just a pointless overhead.
+	 * Inode is already marked as I_SYNC_QUEUED so writeback list handling is
+	 * fully under our control.
+	 */
 	while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
 		sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
 		list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
@@ -1826,8 +1832,8 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
 			 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
 			 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
 			 */
-			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			requeue_io(inode, wb);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -2358,6 +2364,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	int dirtytime = 0;
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb = NULL;
 
 	trace_writeback_mark_inode_dirty(inode, flags);
 
@@ -2410,13 +2417,24 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		inode->i_state |= flags;
 
 		/*
+		 * Grab inode's wb early because it requires dropping i_lock and we
+		 * need to make sure following checks happen atomically with dirty
+		 * list handling so that we don't move inodes under flush worker's
+		 * hands.
+		 */
+		if (!was_dirty) {
+			wb = locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
+			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+		}
+
+		/*
 		 * If the inode is queued for writeback by flush worker, just
 		 * update its dirty state. Once the flush worker is done with
 		 * the inode it will place it on the appropriate superblock
 		 * list, based upon its state.
 		 */
 		if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC_QUEUED)
-			goto out_unlock_inode;
+			goto out_unlock;
 
 		/*
 		 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
@@ -2424,22 +2442,19 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		 */
 		if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 			if (inode_unhashed(inode))
-				goto out_unlock_inode;
+				goto out_unlock;
 		}
 		if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
-			goto out_unlock_inode;
+			goto out_unlock;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
 		 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
 		 */
 		if (!was_dirty) {
-			struct bdi_writeback *wb;
 			struct list_head *dirty_list;
 			bool wakeup_bdi = false;
 
-			wb = locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
-
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 			if (dirtytime)
 				inode->dirtied_time_when = jiffies;
@@ -2453,6 +2468,7 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 							       dirty_list);
 
 			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+			spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 			trace_writeback_dirty_inode_enqueue(inode);
 
 			/*
@@ -2467,6 +2483,9 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
+out_unlock:
+	if (wb)
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 out_unlock_inode:
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 }