Merge commit 'v3.7-rc1' into stable/for-linus-3.7

* commit 'v3.7-rc1': (10892 commits)
  Linux 3.7-rc1
  x86, boot: Explicitly include autoconf.h for hostprogs
  perf: Fix UAPI fallout
  ARM: config: make sure that platforms are ordered by option string
  ARM: config: sort select statements alphanumerically
  UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux/byteorder
  UAPI: (Scripted) Disintegrate include/linux
  UAPI: Unexport linux/blk_types.h
  UAPI: Unexport part of linux/ppp-comp.h
  perf: Handle new rbtree implementation
  procfs: don't need a PATH_MAX allocation to hold a string representation of an int
  vfs: embed struct filename inside of names_cache allocation if possible
  audit: make audit_inode take struct filename
  vfs: make path_openat take a struct filename pointer
  vfs: turn do_path_lookup into wrapper around struct filename variant
  audit: allow audit code to satisfy getname requests from its names_list
  vfs: define struct filename and have getname() return it
  btrfs: Fix compilation with user namespace support enabled
  userns: Fix posix_acl_file_xattr_userns gid conversion
  userns: Properly print bluetooth socket uids
  ...

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index af5280fb579..3091d42992f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -1014,17 +1014,35 @@ restart_loop:
 		 * there's no point in keeping a checkpoint record for
 		 * it. */
 
-		/* A buffer which has been freed while still being
-		 * journaled by a previous transaction may end up still
-		 * being dirty here, but we want to avoid writing back
-		 * that buffer in the future after the "add to orphan"
-		 * operation been committed,  That's not only a performance
-		 * gain, it also stops aliasing problems if the buffer is
-		 * left behind for writeback and gets reallocated for another
-		 * use in a different page. */
-		if (buffer_freed(bh) && !jh->b_next_transaction) {
-			clear_buffer_freed(bh);
-			clear_buffer_jbddirty(bh);
+		/*
+		* A buffer which has been freed while still being journaled by
+		* a previous transaction.
+		*/
+		if (buffer_freed(bh)) {
+			/*
+			 * If the running transaction is the one containing
+			 * "add to orphan" operation (b_next_transaction !=
+			 * NULL), we have to wait for that transaction to
+			 * commit before we can really get rid of the buffer.
+			 * So just clear b_modified to not confuse transaction
+			 * credit accounting and refile the buffer to
+			 * BJ_Forget of the running transaction. If the just
+			 * committed transaction contains "add to orphan"
+			 * operation, we can completely invalidate the buffer
+			 * now. We are rather through in that since the
+			 * buffer may be still accessible when blocksize <
+			 * pagesize and it is attached to the last partial
+			 * page.
+			 */
+			jh->b_modified = 0;
+			if (!jh->b_next_transaction) {
+				clear_buffer_freed(bh);
+				clear_buffer_jbddirty(bh);
+				clear_buffer_mapped(bh);
+				clear_buffer_new(bh);
+				clear_buffer_req(bh);
+				bh->b_bdev = NULL;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (buffer_jbddirty(bh)) {