Ask block layer to not allow other writers to open block device used for ext4 journal. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 439e37ac219b..f96398f8aac9 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -5855,8 +5855,9 @@ static struct bdev_handle *ext4_get_journal_blkdev(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es; int errno; - bdev_handle = bdev_open_by_dev(j_dev, BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE, - sb, &fs_holder_ops); + bdev_handle = bdev_open_by_dev(j_dev, + BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_WRITE | BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES, + sb, &fs_holder_ops); if (IS_ERR(bdev_handle)) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to open journal device unknown-block(%u,%u) %ld", -- 2.35.3