XFS / xfssyncd lock-ups on 2.6.38-8

[Haefliger, Juerg]

> > Would appreciate any thoughts/pointers to fixes or workarounds if this is a 
> > known issue.
>
> This was fixed by:
>
>         xfs: force the log if we encounter pinned buffers in .iop_pushbuf

Can this patch be applied to 2.6.38 by itself or does it depend on other things that are not present in 2.6.38? I noticed it's small, applies and compiles but I can't judge if there are other dependencies. 

...Juerg


>
> in Linux 3.1.  I've also backported it to the 3.0-stable issues.  I
> would recommend to upgrade to the latest Linux 3.0-stable release, as
> I'll plan to backport all important XFS fixes to it.