On 2024/12/12 20:34, Kemeng Shi wrote: > > > on 12/3/2024 3:24 PM, Zhang Yi wrote: >> On 2024/12/3 14:53, Kemeng Shi wrote: >>> >>> >>> on 12/3/2024 9:44 AM, Zhang Yi wrote: >>>> From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> >>>> When committing transaction in jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(), the >>>> disk caches for the filesystem device should be flushed before updating >>>> the journal tail sequence. However, this step is missed if the journal >>>> is not located on the filesystem device. As a result, the filesystem may >>>> become inconsistent following a power failure or system crash. Fix it by >>>> ensuring that the filesystem device is flushed appropriately. >>>> >>>> Fixes: 3339578f0578 ("jbd2: cleanup journal tail after transaction commit") >>>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> --- >>>> fs/jbd2/commit.c | 4 ++-- >>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c >>>> index 4305a1ac808a..f95cf272a1b5 100644 >>>> --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c >>>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c >>>> @@ -776,9 +776,9 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) >>>> /* >>>> * If the journal is not located on the file system device, >>>> * then we must flush the file system device before we issue >>>> - * the commit record >>>> + * the commit record and update the journal tail sequence. >>>> */ >>>> - if (commit_transaction->t_need_data_flush && >>>> + if ((commit_transaction->t_need_data_flush || update_tail) && >>>> (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) && >>>> (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)) >>>> blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev); >>>> >>> In journal_submit_commit_record(), we will submit commit block with REQ_PREFLUSH >>> which is supposed to ensure disk cache is flushed before writing commit block. >>> So I think the current code is fine. >>> Please correct me if I miss anything. >>> >> >> The commit I/O with REQ_PREFLUSH only flushes 'journal->j_dev', not >> 'journal->j_fs_dev'. We need to flush journal->j_fs_dev to ensure that all >> written metadata has been persisted to the filesystem disk, Until then, we >> cannot update the tail sequence. > My bad... > Look good to me. Feel free to add: > > Reviewed-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> It's fine, thanks for your review. Cheers, Yi.