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-rw-r--r--fs/jbd/journal.c17
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 9e4fa52d7dc..e79c07812af 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ int __log_space_left(journal_t *journal)
}
/*
- * Called under j_state_lock. Returns true if a transaction was started.
+ * Called under j_state_lock. Returns true if a transaction commit was started.
*/
int __log_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t target)
{
@@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ int journal_force_commit_nested(journal_t *journal)
/*
* Start a commit of the current running transaction (if any). Returns true
- * if a transaction was started, and fills its tid in at *ptid
+ * if a transaction is going to be committed (or is currently already
+ * committing), and fills its tid in at *ptid
*/
int journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
{
@@ -505,15 +506,19 @@ int journal_start_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t *ptid)
if (journal->j_running_transaction) {
tid_t tid = journal->j_running_transaction->t_tid;
- ret = __log_start_commit(journal, tid);
- if (ret && ptid)
+ __log_start_commit(journal, tid);
+ /* There's a running transaction and we've just made sure
+ * it's commit has been scheduled. */
+ if (ptid)
*ptid = tid;
- } else if (journal->j_committing_transaction && ptid) {
+ ret = 1;
+ } else if (journal->j_committing_transaction) {
/*
* If ext3_write_super() recently started a commit, then we
* have to wait for completion of that transaction
*/
- *ptid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
+ if (ptid)
+ *ptid = journal->j_committing_transaction->t_tid;
ret = 1;
}
spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);