new_ctx = kmem_zalloc(sizeof(*new_ctx), KM_SLEEP|KM_NOFS);
new_ctx->ticket = xlog_cil_ticket_alloc(log);
- /* lock out transaction commit, but don't block on background push */
+ /*
+ * Lock out transaction commit, but don't block for background pushes
+ * unless we are well over the CIL space limit. See the definition of
+ * XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT() for the full explanation of the logic
+ * used here.
+ */
if (!down_write_trylock(&cil->xc_ctx_lock)) {
- if (!push_seq)
+ if (!push_seq &&
+ cil->xc_ctx->space_used < XLOG_CIL_HARD_SPACE_LIMIT(log))
goto out_free_ticket;
down_write(&cil->xc_ctx_lock);
}
goto out_skip;
/* check for a previously pushed seqeunce */
- if (push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
+ if (push_seq && push_seq < cil->xc_ctx->sequence)
goto out_skip;
/*