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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index 3e898a48122..cb1bb2080e4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ xfs_sync_inode_attr(
error = xfs_iflush(ip, flags);
+ /*
+ * We don't want to try again on non-blocking flushes that can't run
+ * again immediately. If an inode really must be written, then that's
+ * what the SYNC_WAIT flag is for.
+ */
+ if (error == EAGAIN) {
+ ASSERT(!(flags & SYNC_WAIT));
+ error = 0;
+ }
+
out_unlock:
xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
return error;