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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/inode.c35
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 755ba86..699d1d0 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4490,27 +4490,6 @@ static void ext4_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
depth);
/*
- * We've probably journalled the indirect block several
- * times during the truncate. But it's no longer
- * needed and we now drop it from the transaction via
- * jbd2_journal_revoke().
- *
- * That's easy if it's exclusively part of this
- * transaction. But if it's part of the committing
- * transaction then jbd2_journal_forget() will simply
- * brelse() it. That means that if the underlying
- * block is reallocated in ext4_get_block(),
- * unmap_underlying_metadata() will find this block
- * and will try to get rid of it. damn, damn.
- *
- * If this block has already been committed to the
- * journal, a revoke record will be written. And
- * revoke records must be emitted *before* clearing
- * this block's bit in the bitmaps.
- */
- ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, bh, bh->b_blocknr);
-
- /*
* Everything below this this pointer has been
* released. Now let this top-of-subtree go.
*
@@ -4534,8 +4513,20 @@ static void ext4_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
blocks_for_truncate(inode));
}
+ /*
+ * The forget flag here is critical because if
+ * we are journaling (and not doing data
+ * journaling), we have to make sure a revoke
+ * record is written to prevent the journal
+ * replay from overwriting the (former)
+ * indirect block if it gets reallocated as a
+ * data block. This must happen in the same
+ * transaction where the data blocks are
+ * actually freed.
+ */
ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, 0, nr, 1,
- EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA);
+ EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_METADATA|
+ EXT4_FREE_BLOCKS_FORGET);
if (parent_bh) {
/*