}
btrfs_release_path(path);
- /* find the first key from this transaction again */
+ /*
+ * Find the first key from this transaction again. See the note for
+ * log_new_dir_dentries, if we're logging a directory recursively we
+ * won't be holding its i_mutex, which means we can modify the directory
+ * while we're logging it. If we remove an entry between our first
+ * search and this search we'll not find the key again and can just
+ * bail.
+ */
ret = btrfs_search_slot(NULL, root, &min_key, path, 0, 0);
- if (WARN_ON(ret != 0))
+ if (ret != 0)
goto done;
/*