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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
index e64265bc0b33..74f1812b03cb 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c
@@ -2039,8 +2039,10 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_queue_work(
* - Memory shrinkers queued the inactivation worker and it hasn't finished.
* - The queue depth exceeds the maximum allowable percpu backlog.
*
- * Note: If the current thread is running a transaction, we don't ever want to
- * wait for other transactions because that could introduce a deadlock.
+ * Note: If we are in a NOFS context here (e.g. current thread is running a
+ * transaction) the we don't want to block here as inodegc progress may require
+ * filesystem resources we hold to make progress and that could result in a
+ * deadlock. Hence we skip out of here if we are in a scoped NOFS context.
*/
static inline bool
xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
@@ -2048,7 +2050,7 @@ xfs_inodegc_want_flush_work(
unsigned int items,
unsigned int shrinker_hits)
{
- if (current->journal_info)
+ if (current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC_NOFS)
return false;
if (shrinker_hits > 0)