1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 250b0a73c8a8..9e319a04780e 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1543,7 +1543,20 @@ static void aio_batch_add(struct address_space *mapping,
 	}
 
 	abe = mempool_alloc(abe_pool, GFP_KERNEL);
-	BUG_ON(!igrab(mapping->host));
+
+	/*
+	 * we should be using igrab here, but
+	 * we don't want to hammer on the global
+	 * inode spinlock just to take an extra
+	 * reference on a file that we must already
+	 * have a reference to.
+	 *
+	 * When we're called, we always have a reference
+	 * on the file, so we must always have a reference
+	 * on the inode, so igrab must always just
+	 * bump the count and move on.
+	 */
+	atomic_inc(&mapping->host->i_count);
 	abe->mapping = mapping;
 	hlist_add_head(&abe->list, &batch_hash[bucket]);
 	return;