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-rw-r--r--fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
index 7aa1f7004eaf..e7c60ae6b5b2 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_txnmgr.c
@@ -1289,7 +1289,14 @@ int txCommit(tid_t tid, /* transaction identifier */
* commit the transaction synchronously, so the last iput
* will be done by the calling thread (or later)
*/
- if (tblk->u.ip->i_state & I_LOCK)
+ /*
+ * I believe this code is no longer needed. Splitting I_LOCK
+ * into two bits, I_LOCK and I_SYNC should prevent this
+ * deadlock as well. But since I don't have a JFS testload
+ * to verify this, only a trivial s/I_LOCK/I_SYNC/ was done.
+ * Joern
+ */
+ if (tblk->u.ip->i_state & I_SYNC)
tblk->xflag &= ~COMMIT_LAZY;
}