Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: kill btrfs_write_inode

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On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 01:47:22PM -0400, Josef Bacik wrote:
> From: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxx>
> 
> We don't actually need this.  It used to be in place for O_SYNC writes,
> but we've used the normal fsync() path for that for years now.  The
> other case we hit this is through sync(), which will commit the
> transaction anyway.  All this does is make us commit the transaction a
> bunch for no reason, and it could deadlock with delayed iput's.

In what way does it deadlock with delayed iput?
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