/* 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;
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);
/* Dirty and inactive can be only bad dquot... */
if (!test_bit(DQ_ACTIVE_B, &dquot->dq_flags)) {