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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd2/transaction.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 9396666b7314..e8fc45fd751f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -349,7 +349,12 @@ static int start_this_handle(journal_t *journal, handle_t *handle,
}
alloc_transaction:
- if (!journal->j_running_transaction) {
+ /*
+ * This check is racy but it is just an optimization of allocating new
+ * transaction early if there are high chances we'll need it. If we
+ * guess wrong, we'll retry or free unused transaction.
+ */
+ if (!data_race(journal->j_running_transaction)) {
/*
* If __GFP_FS is not present, then we may be being called from
* inside the fs writeback layer, so we MUST NOT fail.
@@ -1474,8 +1479,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
* crucial to catch bugs so let's do a reliable check until the
* lockless handling is fully proven.
*/
- if (jh->b_transaction != transaction &&
- jh->b_next_transaction != transaction) {
+ if (data_race(jh->b_transaction != transaction &&
+ jh->b_next_transaction != transaction)) {
spin_lock(&jh->b_state_lock);
J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_transaction == transaction ||
jh->b_next_transaction == transaction);
@@ -1483,8 +1488,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)
}
if (jh->b_modified == 1) {
/* If it's in our transaction it must be in BJ_Metadata list. */
- if (jh->b_transaction == transaction &&
- jh->b_jlist != BJ_Metadata) {
+ if (data_race(jh->b_transaction == transaction &&
+ jh->b_jlist != BJ_Metadata)) {
spin_lock(&jh->b_state_lock);
if (jh->b_transaction == transaction &&
jh->b_jlist != BJ_Metadata)