Merge tag 'v2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6

[mv-sheeva.git] / fs / xfs / xfs_buf_item.c

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 98c6f73b675218bded1a6b326ecdf349cb241a07..6f8c21ce0d6d95fd8c45a5d3eea4ef0240fad1fd 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -427,13 +427,15 @@ xfs_buf_item_unpin(
 
                if (remove) {
                        /*
-                        * We have to remove the log item from the transaction
-                        * as we are about to release our reference to the
-                        * buffer.  If we don't, the unlock that occurs later
-                        * in xfs_trans_uncommit() will ry to reference the
+                        * If we are in a transaction context, we have to
+                        * remove the log item from the transaction as we are
+                        * about to release our reference to the buffer.  If we
+                        * don't, the unlock that occurs later in
+                        * xfs_trans_uncommit() will try to reference the
                         * buffer which we no longer have a hold on.
                         */
-                       xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
+                       if (lip->li_desc)
+                               xfs_trans_del_item(lip);
 
                        /*
                         * Since the transaction no longer refers to the buffer,