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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 34757758511..59c99e72918 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
/*
- * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list
+ * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to
+ * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is
+ * noticed on the list
*/
- smp_mb();
-
spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);