3.16.40-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Taesoo Kim <tsgatesv@xxxxxxxxx> commit 559cce698eaf4ccecb2213b2519ea3a0413e5155 upstream. When 'jh->b_transaction == transaction' (asserted by below) J_ASSERT_JH(jh, (jh->b_transaction == transaction || ... 'journal->j_list_lock' will be incorrectly unlocked, since the the lock is aquired only at the end of if / else-if statements (missing the else case). Signed-off-by: Taesoo Kim <tsgatesv@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 6e4862a5bb9d12be87e4ea5d9a60836ebed71d28 Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c @@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_get_create_access(handl JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "file as BJ_Reserved"); spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock); __jbd2_journal_file_buffer(jh, transaction, BJ_Reserved); + spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); } else if (jh->b_transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) { /* first access by this transaction */ jh->b_modified = 0; @@ -1100,8 +1101,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_get_create_access(handl JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "set next transaction"); spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock); jh->b_next_transaction = transaction; + spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); } - spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock); jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh); /*