Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs

* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs:
  xfs: obey minleft values during extent allocation correctly
  xfs: reset buffer pointers before freeing them
  xfs: avoid getting stuck during async inode flushes
  xfs: fix xfs_itruncate_start tracing
  xfs: fix duplicate workqueue initialisation
  xfs: kill off xfs_printk()
  xfs: fix race condition in AIL push trigger
  xfs: make AIL target updates and compares 32bit safe.
  xfs: always push the AIL to the target
  xfs: exit AIL push work correctly when AIL is empty
  xfs: ensure reclaim cursor is reset correctly at end of AG
  xfs: add an x86 compat handler for XFS_IOC_ZERO_RANGE
  xfs: fix compiler warning in xfs_trace.h
  xfs: cleanup duplicate initializations
  xfs: reduce the number of pagb_lock roundtrips in xfs_alloc_clear_busy
  xfs: exact busy extent tracking
  xfs: do not immediately reuse busy extent ranges
  xfs: optimize AGFL refills

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 3e898a4..cb1bb20 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;