Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

Conflicts:
	net/mac80211/main.c

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index dbca5f5..43b1d56 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -604,31 +604,36 @@ out:
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Dump a transaction into the log that contains no real change. This is needed
+ * to be able to make the log dirty or stamp the current tail LSN into the log
+ * during the covering operation.
+ *
+ * We cannot use an inode here for this - that will push dirty state back up
+ * into the VFS and then periodic inode flushing will prevent log covering from
+ * making progress. Hence we log a field in the superblock instead.
+ */
 int
 xfs_fs_log_dummy(
-	xfs_mount_t	*mp)
+	xfs_mount_t	*mp,
+	int		flags)
 {
 	xfs_trans_t	*tp;
-	xfs_inode_t	*ip;
 	int		error;
 
 	tp = _xfs_trans_alloc(mp, XFS_TRANS_DUMMY1, KM_SLEEP);
-	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, XFS_ICHANGE_LOG_RES(mp), 0, 0, 0);
+	error = xfs_trans_reserve(tp, 0, mp->m_sb.sb_sectsize + 128, 0, 0,
+					XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT);
 	if (error) {
 		xfs_trans_cancel(tp, 0);
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	ip = mp->m_rootip;
-	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-
-	xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
-	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
-	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
-
-	xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
-	return error;
+	/* log the UUID because it is an unchanging field */
+	xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_UUID);
+	if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
+		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+	return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }
 
 int