Mark inode dirty first and then grab i_data_sem in ext4_setattr(). Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index aa6440992a55..61ffbdc2fb16 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -5410,12 +5410,13 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry, (attr->ia_size > 0 ? attr->ia_size - 1 : 0) >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits); - down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); - old_disksize = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize; - EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = attr->ia_size; rc = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); if (!error) error = rc; + down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); + old_disksize = EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize; + EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = attr->ia_size; + /* * We have to update i_size under i_data_sem together * with i_disksize to avoid races with writeback code -- 2.45.1.288.g0e0cd299f1-goog