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diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index b64b4c44cfea..0e1b99923802 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -2003,13 +2003,19 @@ bool inode_maybe_inc_iversion(struct inode *inode, bool force)
* information, but the legacy inode_inc_iversion code used a spinlock
* to serialize increments.
*
- * Here, we add full memory barriers to ensure that any de-facto
- * ordering with other info is preserved.
+ * We add a full memory barrier to ensure that any de facto ordering
+ * with other state is preserved (either implicitly coming from cmpxchg
+ * or explicitly from smp_mb if we don't know upfront if we will execute
+ * the former).
*
- * This barrier pairs with the barrier in inode_query_iversion()
+ * These barriers pair with inode_query_iversion().
*/
- smp_mb();
cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
+ if (!force && !(cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED)) {
+ smp_mb();
+ cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
+ }
+
do {
/* If flag is clear then we needn't do anything */
if (!force && !(cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED))
@@ -2038,20 +2044,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_maybe_inc_iversion);
u64 inode_query_iversion(struct inode *inode)
{
u64 cur, new;
+ bool fenced = false;
+ /*
+ * Memory barriers (implicit in cmpxchg, explicit in smp_mb) pair with
+ * inode_maybe_inc_iversion(), see that routine for more details.
+ */
cur = inode_peek_iversion_raw(inode);
do {
/* If flag is already set, then no need to swap */
if (cur & I_VERSION_QUERIED) {
- /*
- * This barrier (and the implicit barrier in the
- * cmpxchg below) pairs with the barrier in
- * inode_maybe_inc_iversion().
- */
- smp_mb();
+ if (!fenced)
+ smp_mb();
break;
}
+ fenced = true;
new = cur | I_VERSION_QUERIED;
} while (!atomic64_try_cmpxchg(&inode->i_version, &cur, new));
return cur >> I_VERSION_QUERIED_SHIFT;