@@ -112,15 +112,17 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
/*
* First time we log the inode in a transaction, bump the inode change
- * counter if it is configured for this to occur. We don't use
- * inode_inc_version() because there is no need for extra locking around
- * i_version as we already hold the inode locked exclusively for
- * metadata modification.
+ * counter if it is configured for this to occur. While we have the
+ * inode locked exclusively for metadata modification, we can usually
+ * avoid setting XFS_ILOG_CORE if no one has queried the value since
+ * the last time it was incremented. If we have XFS_ILOG_CORE already
+ * set however, then go ahead and bump the i_version counter
+ * unconditionally.
*/
if (!(ip->i_itemp->ili_item.li_desc->lid_flags & XFS_LID_DIRTY) &&
IS_I_VERSION(VFS_I(ip))) {
- inode_inc_iversion(VFS_I(ip));
- flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
+ if (inode_maybe_inc_iversion(VFS_I(ip), flags & XFS_ILOG_CORE))
+ flags |= XFS_ILOG_CORE;
}
tp->t_flags |= XFS_TRANS_DIRTY;