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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/quota/dquot.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c index 9d40265ccd7d..3254c90fd899 100644 --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dquot_scan_active); /* Write all dquot structures to quota files */ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type) { - struct list_head *dirty; + struct list_head dirty; struct dquot *dquot; struct quota_info *dqopt = sb_dqopt(sb); int cnt; @@ -631,9 +631,10 @@ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type) if (!sb_has_quota_active(sb, cnt)) continue; spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); - dirty = &dqopt->info[cnt].dqi_dirty_list; - while (!list_empty(dirty)) { - dquot = list_first_entry(dirty, struct dquot, + /* Move list away to avoid livelock. */ + list_replace_init(&dqopt->info[cnt].dqi_dirty_list, &dirty); + while (!list_empty(&dirty)) { + dquot = list_first_entry(&dirty, struct dquot, dq_dirty); WARN_ON(!test_bit(DQ_ACTIVE_B, &dquot->dq_flags)); |