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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c14
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
index 9ce5e7d5bf8f..34f2b971ce43 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsmap.c
@@ -904,14 +904,6 @@ xfs_getfsmap(
info.fsmap_recs = fsmap_recs;
info.head = head;
- /*
- * If fsmap runs concurrently with a scrub, the freeze can be delayed
- * indefinitely as we walk the rmapbt and iterate over metadata
- * buffers. Freeze quiesces the log (which waits for the buffer LRU to
- * be emptied) and that won't happen while we're reading buffers.
- */
- sb_start_write(mp->m_super);
-
/* For each device we support... */
for (i = 0; i < XFS_GETFSMAP_DEVS; i++) {
/* Is this device within the range the user asked for? */
@@ -934,6 +926,11 @@ xfs_getfsmap(
if (handlers[i].dev > head->fmh_keys[0].fmr_device)
memset(&dkeys[0], 0, sizeof(struct xfs_fsmap));
+ /*
+ * Grab an empty transaction so that we can use its recursive
+ * buffer locking abilities to detect cycles in the rmapbt
+ * without deadlocking.
+ */
error = xfs_trans_alloc_empty(mp, &tp);
if (error)
break;
@@ -951,7 +948,6 @@ xfs_getfsmap(
if (tp)
xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
- sb_end_write(mp->m_super);
head->fmh_oflags = FMH_OF_DEV_T;
return error;
}