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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd/journal.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index b3713afaaa9..e2d4285fbe9 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -437,9 +437,12 @@ int __log_space_left(journal_t *journal)
int __log_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t target)
{
/*
- * Are we already doing a recent enough commit?
+ * The only transaction we can possibly wait upon is the
+ * currently running transaction (if it exists). Otherwise,
+ * the target tid must be an old one.
*/
- if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_request, target)) {
+ if (journal->j_running_transaction &&
+ journal->j_running_transaction->t_tid == target) {
/*
* We want a new commit: OK, mark the request and wakeup the
* commit thread. We do _not_ do the commit ourselves.
@@ -451,7 +454,14 @@ int __log_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t target)
journal->j_commit_sequence);
wake_up(&journal->j_wait_commit);
return 1;
- }
+ } else if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_request, target))
+ /* This should never happen, but if it does, preserve
+ the evidence before kjournald goes into a loop and
+ increments j_commit_sequence beyond all recognition. */
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "jbd: bad log_start_commit: %u %u %u %u\n",
+ journal->j_commit_request, journal->j_commit_sequence,
+ target, journal->j_running_transaction ?
+ journal->j_running_transaction->t_tid : 0);
return 0;
}