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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd/checkpoint.c12
-rw-r--r--fs/jbd/commit.c8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
index 47552d4..0f69c41 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c
@@ -602,15 +602,15 @@ int __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
/*
* There is one special case to worry about: if we have just pulled the
- * buffer off a committing transaction's forget list, then even if the
- * checkpoint list is empty, the transaction obviously cannot be
- * dropped!
+ * buffer off a running or committing transaction's checkpoing list,
+ * then even if the checkpoint list is empty, the transaction obviously
+ * cannot be dropped!
*
- * The locking here around j_committing_transaction is a bit sleazy.
+ * The locking here around t_state is a bit sleazy.
* See the comment at the end of journal_commit_transaction().
*/
- if (transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) {
- JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to committing transaction");
+ if (transaction->t_state != T_FINISHED) {
+ JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to running/committing transaction");
goto out;
}
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 8f1f2aa..610264b 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ restart_loop:
}
spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
/*
- * This is a bit sleazy. We borrow j_list_lock to protect
- * journal->j_committing_transaction in __journal_remove_checkpoint.
- * Really, __journal_remove_checkpoint should be using j_state_lock but
- * it's a bit hassle to hold that across __journal_remove_checkpoint
+ * This is a bit sleazy. We use j_list_lock to protect transition
+ * of a transaction into T_FINISHED state and calling
+ * __journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
+ * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
*/
spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);