From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Before we start committing a transaction, we call __journal_clean_checkpoint_list() to cleanup transaction's written-back buffers. If this call happens to remove all of them (and there were already some buffers), __journal_remove_checkpoint() will decide to free the transaction because it isn't (yet) a committing transaction and soon we fail some assertion - the transaction really isn't ready to be freed :). We change the check in __journal_remove_checkpoint() to free only a transaction in T_FINISHED state. The locking there is subtle though (as everywhere in JBD ;(). We use j_list_lock to protect the check and a subsequent call to __journal_drop_transaction() and do the same in the end of journal_commit_transaction() which is the only place where a transaction can get to T_FINISHED state. Probably I'm too paranoid here and such locking is not really necessary - checkpoint lists are processed only from log_do_checkpoint() where a transaction must be already committed to be processed or from __journal_clean_checkpoint_list() where kjournald itself calls it and thus transaction cannot change state either. Better be safe if something changes in future... Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd/checkpoint.c | 12 ++++++------ fs/jbd/commit.c | 8 ++++---- include/linux/jbd.h | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/jbd/checkpoint.c~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc fs/jbd/checkpoint.c --- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc +++ a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c @@ -602,15 +602,15 @@ int __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct j /* * There is one special case to worry about: if we have just pulled the - * buffer off a committing transaction's forget list, then even if the - * checkpoint list is empty, the transaction obviously cannot be - * dropped! + * buffer off a running or committing transaction's checkpoing list, + * then even if the checkpoint list is empty, the transaction obviously + * cannot be dropped! * - * The locking here around j_committing_transaction is a bit sleazy. + * The locking here around t_state is a bit sleazy. * See the comment at the end of journal_commit_transaction(). */ - if (transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) { - JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to committing transaction"); + if (transaction->t_state != T_FINISHED) { + JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to running/committing transaction"); goto out; } diff -puN fs/jbd/commit.c~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc fs/jbd/commit.c --- a/fs/jbd/commit.c~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc +++ a/fs/jbd/commit.c @@ -858,10 +858,10 @@ restart_loop: } spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); /* - * This is a bit sleazy. We borrow j_list_lock to protect - * journal->j_committing_transaction in __journal_remove_checkpoint. - * Really, __journal_remove_checkpoint should be using j_state_lock but - * it's a bit hassle to hold that across __journal_remove_checkpoint + * This is a bit sleazy. We use j_list_lock to protect transition + * of a transaction into T_FINISHED state and calling + * __journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with + * other checkpointing code processing the transaction... */ spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock); diff -puN include/linux/jbd.h~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc include/linux/jbd.h --- a/include/linux/jbd.h~jbd-fix-assertion-failure-in-fs-jbd-checkpointc +++ a/include/linux/jbd.h @@ -439,6 +439,8 @@ struct transaction_s /* * Transaction's current state * [no locking - only kjournald alters this] + * [j_list_lock] guards transition of a transaction into T_FINISHED + * state and subsequent call of __journal_drop_transaction() * FIXME: needs barriers * KLUDGE: [use j_state_lock] */ _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html