Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix frozen file system assert in xfs_trans_alloc

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 08:59:41AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> >  retry:
> > -	WARN_ON(mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);
> >  	tp = __xfs_trans_alloc(mp, flags);
> > +	WARN_ON(mp->m_super->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE);
> 
> Empty transactions can run during a freeze, so please put back the
> original warning and comment:

Empty transactions don't end up in this code path any more.