+ /*
+ * For stale inodes we cannot rely on the backing buffer remaining
+ * stale in cache for the remaining life of the stale inode and so
+ * xfs_itobp() below may give us a buffer that no longer contains
+ * inodes below. We have to check this after ensuring the inode is
+ * unpinned so that it is safe to reclaim the stale inode after the
+ * flush call.
+ */
+ if (xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_ISTALE)) {
+ xfs_ifunlock(ip);
+ return 0;
+ }
+