> By using an atomic_t for t_updates and t_outstanding credits, this > should allow us to not need to take transaction t_handle_lock in > jbd2_journal_stop(). > > Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> The patch looks OK to me besides: @@ -426,15 +429,14 @@ int jbd2__journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks, int gfp_mask) * First unlink the handle from its current transaction, and start the * commit on that. */ - J_ASSERT(transaction->t_updates > 0); + J_ASSERT(atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates) > 0); J_ASSERT(journal_current_handle() == handle); spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock); - transaction->t_outstanding_credits -= handle->h_buffer_credits; - transaction->t_updates--; - - if (!transaction->t_updates) + atomic_sub(handle->h_buffer_credits, + &transaction->t_outstanding_credits); + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&transaction->t_updates)) After this a transaction can disappear so subsequent __jbd2_log_start_commit shouldn't dereference transaction->t_tid, right? Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> SuSE CR Labs -- 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