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[3/8] jbd2: Issue cache flush after checkpointing even with internal journal

Message ID 1329330854-14237-4-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz
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Jan Kara Feb. 15, 2012, 6:34 p.m. UTC
When we reach jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(), there is no guarantee that
checkpointed buffers are on a stable storage - especially if buffers were
written out by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(), they are likely to be only in disk's
caches. Thus when we update journal superblock effectively removing old
transaction from journal, this write of superblock can get to stable storage
before those checkpointed buffers which can result in filesystem corruption
after a crash. Thus we must unconditionally issue a cache flush before we
update journal superblock in these cases.

A similar problem can also occur if journal superblock is written only in
disk's caches, other transaction starts reusing space of the transaction
cleaned from the log and power failure happens. Subsequent journal replay would
still try to replay the old transaction but some of it's blocks may be already
overwritten by the new transaction. For this reason we must use WRITE_FUA when
updating log tail and we must first write new log tail to disk and update
in-memory information only after that.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c        |   75 ++++--------------------
 fs/jbd2/commit.c            |   11 +++-
 fs/jbd2/journal.c           |  136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 fs/jbd2/recovery.c          |    5 +-
 include/linux/jbd2.h        |    6 ++-
 include/trace/events/jbd2.h |    2 +-
 6 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)

Comments

Theodore Ts'o March 14, 2012, 2:17 a.m. UTC | #1
I'm not sure why you pulled out the code for
jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(), since there's no other usage of the
function, but it did make this commit harder to review.  It's good for
code movement patches to be segregated to their own commit, just to
make it easier to review....

					- Ted

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 07:34:09PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> When we reach jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(), there is no guarantee that
> checkpointed buffers are on a stable storage - especially if buffers were
> written out by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(), they are likely to be only in disk's
> caches. Thus when we update journal superblock effectively removing old
> transaction from journal, this write of superblock can get to stable storage
> before those checkpointed buffers which can result in filesystem corruption
> after a crash. Thus we must unconditionally issue a cache flush before we
> update journal superblock in these cases.
> 
> A similar problem can also occur if journal superblock is written only in
> disk's caches, other transaction starts reusing space of the transaction
> cleaned from the log and power failure happens. Subsequent journal replay would
> still try to replay the old transaction but some of it's blocks may be already
> overwritten by the new transaction. For this reason we must use WRITE_FUA when
> updating log tail and we must first write new log tail to disk and update
> in-memory information only after that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> ---
>  fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c        |   75 ++++--------------------
>  fs/jbd2/commit.c            |   11 +++-
>  fs/jbd2/journal.c           |  136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  fs/jbd2/recovery.c          |    5 +-
>  include/linux/jbd2.h        |    6 ++-
>  include/trace/events/jbd2.h |    2 +-
>  6 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> index aa09868..de76f1f 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> @@ -478,79 +478,28 @@ out:
>  
>  int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
>  {
> -	transaction_t * transaction;
>  	tid_t		first_tid;
> -	unsigned long	blocknr, freed;
> +	unsigned long	blocknr;
>  
>  	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
>  		return 1;
>  
> -	/* OK, work out the oldest transaction remaining in the log, and
> -	 * the log block it starts at.
> -	 *
> -	 * If the log is now empty, we need to work out which is the
> -	 * next transaction ID we will write, and where it will
> -	 * start. */
> -
> -	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> -	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> -	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
> -	if (transaction) {
> -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> -		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
> -	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
> -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> -		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
> -	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
> -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> -		blocknr = journal->j_head;
> -	} else {
> -		first_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
> -		blocknr = journal->j_head;
> -	}
> -	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> -	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
> -
> -	/* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
> -           already then there's not much we can do right now. */
> -	if (journal->j_tail_sequence == first_tid) {
> -		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +	if (!jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal, &first_tid, &blocknr))
>  		return 1;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* OK, update the superblock to recover the freed space.
> -	 * Physical blocks come first: have we wrapped beyond the end of
> -	 * the log?  */
> -	freed = blocknr - journal->j_tail;
> -	if (blocknr < journal->j_tail)
> -		freed = freed + journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
> -
> -	trace_jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
> -	jbd_debug(1,
> -		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
> -		  "freeing %lu\n",
> -		  journal->j_tail_sequence, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
> -
> -	journal->j_free += freed;
> -	journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
> -	journal->j_tail = blocknr;
> -	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * If there is an external journal, we need to make sure that
> -	 * any data blocks that were recently written out --- perhaps
> -	 * by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before we
> -	 * drop the transactions from the external journal.  It's
> -	 * unlikely this will be necessary, especially with a
> -	 * appropriately sized journal, but we need this to guarantee
> -	 * correctness.  Fortunately jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
> -	 * doesn't get called all that often.
> +	 * We need to make sure that any blocks that were recently written out
> +	 * --- perhaps by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before
> +	 * we drop the transactions from the journal. It's unlikely this will
> +	 * be necessary, especially with an appropriately sized journal, but we
> +	 * need this to guarantee correctness.  Fortunately
> +	 * jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() doesn't get called all that often.
>  	 */
> -	if ((journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
> -	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
> +	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
>  		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
> -	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT))
> -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> +
> +	__jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> index 39978c1..f37b783 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> @@ -341,7 +341,16 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
>  	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_FLUSHED) {
>  		jbd_debug(3, "super block updated\n");
>  		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> +		/*
> +		 * We hold j_checkpoint_mutex so tail cannot change under us.
> +		 * We don't need any special data guarantees for writing sb
> +		 * since journal is empty and it is ok for write to be
> +		 * flushed only with transaction commit.
> +		 */
> +		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
> +						journal->j_tail_sequence,
> +						journal->j_tail,
> +						WRITE_SYNC);
>  		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
>  	} else {
>  		jbd_debug(3, "superblock not updated\n");
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> index 183a099..192558f 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> @@ -744,6 +744,85 @@ struct journal_head *jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *journal)
>  	return jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Return tid of the oldest transaction in the journal and block in the journal
> + * where the transaction starts.
> + *
> + * If the journal is now empty, return which will be the next transaction ID
> + * we will write and where will that transaction start.
> + *
> + * The return value is 0 if journal tail cannot be pushed any further, 1 if
> + * it can.
> + */
> +int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
> +			      unsigned long *block)
> +{
> +	transaction_t *transaction;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> +	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
> +	if (transaction) {
> +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> +		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
> +	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
> +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> +		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
> +	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
> +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> +		*block = journal->j_head;
> +	} else {
> +		*tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
> +		*block = journal->j_head;
> +	}
> +	ret = tid_gt(*tid, journal->j_tail_sequence);
> +	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> +	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Update information in journal structure and in on disk journal superblock
> + * about log tail. This function does not check whether information passed in
> + * really pushes log tail further. It's responsibility of the caller to make
> + * sure provided log tail information is valid (e.g. by holding
> + * j_checkpoint_mutex all the time between computing log tail and calling this
> + * function as is the case with jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()).
> + *
> + * Requires j_checkpoint_mutex
> + */
> +void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
> +{
> +	unsigned long freed;
> +
> +	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We cannot afford for write to remain in drive's caches since as
> +	 * soon as we update j_tail, next transaction can start reusing journal
> +	 * space and if we lose sb update during power failure we'd replay
> +	 * old transaction with possibly newly overwritten data.
> +	 */
> +	jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, tid, block, WRITE_FUA);
> +	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +	freed = block - journal->j_tail;
> +	if (block < journal->j_tail)
> +		freed += journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
> +
> +	trace_jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, tid, block, freed);
> +	jbd_debug(1,
> +		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
> +		  "freeing %lu\n",
> +		  journal->j_tail_sequence, tid, block, freed);
> +
> +	journal->j_free += freed;
> +	journal->j_tail_sequence = tid;
> +	journal->j_tail = block;
> +	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +}
> +
>  struct jbd2_stats_proc_session {
>  	journal_t *journal;
>  	struct transaction_stats_s *stats;
> @@ -1127,17 +1206,29 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
>  	} else {
>  		/* Lock here to make assertions happy... */
>  		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> -		/* Add the dynamic fields and write it to disk. */
> -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> +		/*
> +		 * Update log tail information. We use WRITE_FUA since new
> +		 * transaction will start reusing journal space and so we
> +		 * must make sure information about current log tail is on
> +		 * disk before that.
> +		 */
> +		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
> +						journal->j_tail_sequence,
> +						journal->j_tail,
> +						WRITE_FUA);
>  		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
>  	}
>  	return jbd2_journal_start_thread(journal);
>  }
>  
> -static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
> +static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
>  {
>  	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
> +	int ret;
>  
> +	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
> +		write_op &= ~(REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH);
> +	lock_buffer(bh);
>  	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the journal
> @@ -1153,40 +1244,45 @@ static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
>  		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
>  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>  	}
> -
> -	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
> -	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
> -	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
> +	get_bh(bh);
> +	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
> +	ret = submit_bh(write_op, bh);
> +	wait_on_buffer(bh);
>  	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
> -		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: I/O error detected "
> -		       "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
> -		       journal->j_devname);
>  		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
>  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> +		ret = -EIO;
> +	}
> +	if (ret) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: Error %d detected when updating "
> +		       "journal superblock for %s.\n", ret,
> +		       journal->j_devname);
>  	}
>  }
>  
>  /**
>   * jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail() - Update log tail in journal sb on disk.
>   * @journal: The journal to update.
> + * @tail_tid: TID of the new transaction at the tail of the log
> + * @tail_block: The first block of the transaction at the tail of the log
> + * @write_op: With which operation should we write the journal sb
>   *
>   * Update a journal's superblock information about log tail and write it to
>   * disk, waiting for the IO to complete.
>   */
> -void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal)
> +void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
> +				     unsigned long tail_block, int write_op)
>  {
>  	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
>  
>  	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
> -	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> -	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %ld, seq %d)\n",
> -		  journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence);
> +	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
> +		  tail_block, tail_tid);
>  
> -	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail_sequence);
> -	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail);
> -	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> +	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(tail_tid);
> +	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(tail_block);
>  
> -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
>  
>  	/* Log is no longer empty */
>  	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> @@ -1215,7 +1311,7 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
>  	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(0);
>  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
>  
> -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_FUA);
>  
>  	/* Log is no longer empty */
>  	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> @@ -1241,7 +1337,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
>  	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
>  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
>  
> -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
>  }
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> index da6d7ba..c1a0335 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  #include <linux/jbd2.h>
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
>  #include <linux/crc32.h>
> +#include <linux/blkdev.h>
>  #endif
>  
>  /*
> @@ -265,7 +266,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_recover(journal_t *journal)
>  	err2 = sync_blockdev(journal->j_fs_dev);
>  	if (!err)
>  		err = err2;
> -
> +	/* Make sure all replayed data is on permanent storage */
> +	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
> +		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> index 78da912..1b10c2a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
> +++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> @@ -971,6 +971,9 @@ extern void __journal_clean_data_list(transaction_t *transaction);
>  /* Log buffer allocation */
>  extern struct journal_head * jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *);
>  int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *, unsigned long long *);
> +int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
> +			      unsigned long *block);
> +void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
>  
>  /* Commit management */
>  extern void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *);
> @@ -1082,7 +1085,8 @@ extern int	   jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
>  extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
>  extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
>  extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
> -extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *);
> +extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
> +				unsigned long, int);
>  extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);
>  extern void	   jbd2_journal_abort      (journal_t *, int);
>  extern int	   jbd2_journal_errno      (journal_t *);
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> index 7596441..5c74007 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_checkpoint_stats,
>  		  __entry->forced_to_close, __entry->written, __entry->dropped)
>  );
>  
> -TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail,
> +TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_update_log_tail,
>  
>  	TP_PROTO(journal_t *journal, tid_t first_tid,
>  		 unsigned long block_nr, unsigned long freed),
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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Jan Kara March 15, 2012, 8:59 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue 13-03-12 22:17:45, Ted Tso wrote:
> I'm not sure why you pulled out the code for
> jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(), since there's no other usage of the
> function, but it did make this commit harder to review.  It's good for
> code movement patches to be segregated to their own commit, just to
> make it easier to review....
  I pulled the code out because the last patch in the series uses it from
commit code. So it was not a deliberate code movement. But I agree it might
have been easier to review if the code movement was a separate patch.
Should I do that or have you already coped with the patch as is?

								Honza

> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 07:34:09PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > When we reach jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(), there is no guarantee that
> > checkpointed buffers are on a stable storage - especially if buffers were
> > written out by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(), they are likely to be only in disk's
> > caches. Thus when we update journal superblock effectively removing old
> > transaction from journal, this write of superblock can get to stable storage
> > before those checkpointed buffers which can result in filesystem corruption
> > after a crash. Thus we must unconditionally issue a cache flush before we
> > update journal superblock in these cases.
> > 
> > A similar problem can also occur if journal superblock is written only in
> > disk's caches, other transaction starts reusing space of the transaction
> > cleaned from the log and power failure happens. Subsequent journal replay would
> > still try to replay the old transaction but some of it's blocks may be already
> > overwritten by the new transaction. For this reason we must use WRITE_FUA when
> > updating log tail and we must first write new log tail to disk and update
> > in-memory information only after that.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> > ---
> >  fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c        |   75 ++++--------------------
> >  fs/jbd2/commit.c            |   11 +++-
> >  fs/jbd2/journal.c           |  136 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  fs/jbd2/recovery.c          |    5 +-
> >  include/linux/jbd2.h        |    6 ++-
> >  include/trace/events/jbd2.h |    2 +-
> >  6 files changed, 148 insertions(+), 87 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> > index aa09868..de76f1f 100644
> > --- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> > +++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
> > @@ -478,79 +478,28 @@ out:
> >  
> >  int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
> >  {
> > -	transaction_t * transaction;
> >  	tid_t		first_tid;
> > -	unsigned long	blocknr, freed;
> > +	unsigned long	blocknr;
> >  
> >  	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
> >  		return 1;
> >  
> > -	/* OK, work out the oldest transaction remaining in the log, and
> > -	 * the log block it starts at.
> > -	 *
> > -	 * If the log is now empty, we need to work out which is the
> > -	 * next transaction ID we will write, and where it will
> > -	 * start. */
> > -
> > -	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > -	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> > -	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
> > -	if (transaction) {
> > -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > -		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
> > -	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
> > -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > -		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
> > -	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
> > -		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > -		blocknr = journal->j_head;
> > -	} else {
> > -		first_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
> > -		blocknr = journal->j_head;
> > -	}
> > -	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> > -	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
> > -
> > -	/* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
> > -           already then there's not much we can do right now. */
> > -	if (journal->j_tail_sequence == first_tid) {
> > -		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +	if (!jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal, &first_tid, &blocknr))
> >  		return 1;
> > -	}
> > -
> > -	/* OK, update the superblock to recover the freed space.
> > -	 * Physical blocks come first: have we wrapped beyond the end of
> > -	 * the log?  */
> > -	freed = blocknr - journal->j_tail;
> > -	if (blocknr < journal->j_tail)
> > -		freed = freed + journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
> > -
> > -	trace_jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
> > -	jbd_debug(1,
> > -		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
> > -		  "freeing %lu\n",
> > -		  journal->j_tail_sequence, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
> > -
> > -	journal->j_free += freed;
> > -	journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
> > -	journal->j_tail = blocknr;
> > -	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
> >  
> >  	/*
> > -	 * If there is an external journal, we need to make sure that
> > -	 * any data blocks that were recently written out --- perhaps
> > -	 * by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before we
> > -	 * drop the transactions from the external journal.  It's
> > -	 * unlikely this will be necessary, especially with a
> > -	 * appropriately sized journal, but we need this to guarantee
> > -	 * correctness.  Fortunately jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
> > -	 * doesn't get called all that often.
> > +	 * We need to make sure that any blocks that were recently written out
> > +	 * --- perhaps by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before
> > +	 * we drop the transactions from the journal. It's unlikely this will
> > +	 * be necessary, especially with an appropriately sized journal, but we
> > +	 * need this to guarantee correctness.  Fortunately
> > +	 * jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() doesn't get called all that often.
> >  	 */
> > -	if ((journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
> > -	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
> > +	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
> >  		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
> > -	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT))
> > -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> > +
> > +	__jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr);
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> > index 39978c1..f37b783 100644
> > --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> > +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> > @@ -341,7 +341,16 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
> >  	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_FLUSHED) {
> >  		jbd_debug(3, "super block updated\n");
> >  		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> > -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> > +		/*
> > +		 * We hold j_checkpoint_mutex so tail cannot change under us.
> > +		 * We don't need any special data guarantees for writing sb
> > +		 * since journal is empty and it is ok for write to be
> > +		 * flushed only with transaction commit.
> > +		 */
> > +		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
> > +						journal->j_tail_sequence,
> > +						journal->j_tail,
> > +						WRITE_SYNC);
> >  		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> >  	} else {
> >  		jbd_debug(3, "superblock not updated\n");
> > diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > index 183a099..192558f 100644
> > --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> > @@ -744,6 +744,85 @@ struct journal_head *jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *journal)
> >  	return jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Return tid of the oldest transaction in the journal and block in the journal
> > + * where the transaction starts.
> > + *
> > + * If the journal is now empty, return which will be the next transaction ID
> > + * we will write and where will that transaction start.
> > + *
> > + * The return value is 0 if journal tail cannot be pushed any further, 1 if
> > + * it can.
> > + */
> > +int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
> > +			      unsigned long *block)
> > +{
> > +	transaction_t *transaction;
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> > +	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
> > +	if (transaction) {
> > +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > +		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
> > +	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
> > +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > +		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
> > +	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
> > +		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
> > +		*block = journal->j_head;
> > +	} else {
> > +		*tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
> > +		*block = journal->j_head;
> > +	}
> > +	ret = tid_gt(*tid, journal->j_tail_sequence);
> > +	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> > +	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +
> > +	return ret;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Update information in journal structure and in on disk journal superblock
> > + * about log tail. This function does not check whether information passed in
> > + * really pushes log tail further. It's responsibility of the caller to make
> > + * sure provided log tail information is valid (e.g. by holding
> > + * j_checkpoint_mutex all the time between computing log tail and calling this
> > + * function as is the case with jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()).
> > + *
> > + * Requires j_checkpoint_mutex
> > + */
> > +void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long freed;
> > +
> > +	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * We cannot afford for write to remain in drive's caches since as
> > +	 * soon as we update j_tail, next transaction can start reusing journal
> > +	 * space and if we lose sb update during power failure we'd replay
> > +	 * old transaction with possibly newly overwritten data.
> > +	 */
> > +	jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, tid, block, WRITE_FUA);
> > +	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +	freed = block - journal->j_tail;
> > +	if (block < journal->j_tail)
> > +		freed += journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
> > +
> > +	trace_jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, tid, block, freed);
> > +	jbd_debug(1,
> > +		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
> > +		  "freeing %lu\n",
> > +		  journal->j_tail_sequence, tid, block, freed);
> > +
> > +	journal->j_free += freed;
> > +	journal->j_tail_sequence = tid;
> > +	journal->j_tail = block;
> > +	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +}
> > +
> >  struct jbd2_stats_proc_session {
> >  	journal_t *journal;
> >  	struct transaction_stats_s *stats;
> > @@ -1127,17 +1206,29 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
> >  	} else {
> >  		/* Lock here to make assertions happy... */
> >  		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> > -		/* Add the dynamic fields and write it to disk. */
> > -		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Update log tail information. We use WRITE_FUA since new
> > +		 * transaction will start reusing journal space and so we
> > +		 * must make sure information about current log tail is on
> > +		 * disk before that.
> > +		 */
> > +		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
> > +						journal->j_tail_sequence,
> > +						journal->j_tail,
> > +						WRITE_FUA);
> >  		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
> >  	}
> >  	return jbd2_journal_start_thread(journal);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
> > +static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
> >  {
> >  	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
> > +	int ret;
> >  
> > +	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
> > +		write_op &= ~(REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH);
> > +	lock_buffer(bh);
> >  	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
> >  		/*
> >  		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the journal
> > @@ -1153,40 +1244,45 @@ static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
> >  		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> >  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> >  	}
> > -
> > -	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
> > -	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
> > -	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
> > +	get_bh(bh);
> > +	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
> > +	ret = submit_bh(write_op, bh);
> > +	wait_on_buffer(bh);
> >  	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
> > -		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: I/O error detected "
> > -		       "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
> > -		       journal->j_devname);
> >  		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> >  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> > +		ret = -EIO;
> > +	}
> > +	if (ret) {
> > +		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: Error %d detected when updating "
> > +		       "journal superblock for %s.\n", ret,
> > +		       journal->j_devname);
> >  	}
> >  }
> >  
> >  /**
> >   * jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail() - Update log tail in journal sb on disk.
> >   * @journal: The journal to update.
> > + * @tail_tid: TID of the new transaction at the tail of the log
> > + * @tail_block: The first block of the transaction at the tail of the log
> > + * @write_op: With which operation should we write the journal sb
> >   *
> >   * Update a journal's superblock information about log tail and write it to
> >   * disk, waiting for the IO to complete.
> >   */
> > -void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal)
> > +void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
> > +				     unsigned long tail_block, int write_op)
> >  {
> >  	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
> >  
> >  	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
> > -	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > -	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %ld, seq %d)\n",
> > -		  journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence);
> > +	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
> > +		  tail_block, tail_tid);
> >  
> > -	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail_sequence);
> > -	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail);
> > -	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > +	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(tail_tid);
> > +	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(tail_block);
> >  
> > -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> > +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
> >  
> >  	/* Log is no longer empty */
> >  	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > @@ -1215,7 +1311,7 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
> >  	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(0);
> >  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> >  
> > -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> > +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_FUA);
> >  
> >  	/* Log is no longer empty */
> >  	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> > @@ -1241,7 +1337,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
> >  	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
> >  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
> >  
> > -	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
> > +	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
> >  }
> >  
> >  /*
> > diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> > index da6d7ba..c1a0335 100644
> > --- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> > +++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/jbd2.h>
> >  #include <linux/errno.h>
> >  #include <linux/crc32.h>
> > +#include <linux/blkdev.h>
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  /*
> > @@ -265,7 +266,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_recover(journal_t *journal)
> >  	err2 = sync_blockdev(journal->j_fs_dev);
> >  	if (!err)
> >  		err = err2;
> > -
> > +	/* Make sure all replayed data is on permanent storage */
> > +	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
> > +		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> > index 78da912..1b10c2a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
> > @@ -971,6 +971,9 @@ extern void __journal_clean_data_list(transaction_t *transaction);
> >  /* Log buffer allocation */
> >  extern struct journal_head * jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *);
> >  int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *, unsigned long long *);
> > +int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
> > +			      unsigned long *block);
> > +void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
> >  
> >  /* Commit management */
> >  extern void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *);
> > @@ -1082,7 +1085,8 @@ extern int	   jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
> >  extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
> >  extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
> >  extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
> > -extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *);
> > +extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
> > +				unsigned long, int);
> >  extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);
> >  extern void	   jbd2_journal_abort      (journal_t *, int);
> >  extern int	   jbd2_journal_errno      (journal_t *);
> > diff --git a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> > index 7596441..5c74007 100644
> > --- a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> > +++ b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
> > @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_checkpoint_stats,
> >  		  __entry->forced_to_close, __entry->written, __entry->dropped)
> >  );
> >  
> > -TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail,
> > +TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_update_log_tail,
> >  
> >  	TP_PROTO(journal_t *journal, tid_t first_tid,
> >  		 unsigned long block_nr, unsigned long freed),
> > -- 
> > 1.7.1
> >
Theodore Ts'o March 19, 2012, 3:45 a.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 09:59:35AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 13-03-12 22:17:45, Ted Tso wrote:
> > I'm not sure why you pulled out the code for
> > jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(), since there's no other usage of the
> > function, but it did make this commit harder to review.  It's good for
> > code movement patches to be segregated to their own commit, just to
> > make it easier to review....
>   I pulled the code out because the last patch in the series uses it from
> commit code. So it was not a deliberate code movement. But I agree it might
> have been easier to review if the code movement was a separate patch.
> Should I do that or have you already coped with the patch as is?

No, it's fine as it is.  I've merged your patches into the ext4 tree
for the upcoming merge window.  Thanks!!

							 Ted
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diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index aa09868..de76f1f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -478,79 +478,28 @@  out:
 
 int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
 {
-	transaction_t * transaction;
 	tid_t		first_tid;
-	unsigned long	blocknr, freed;
+	unsigned long	blocknr;
 
 	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 		return 1;
 
-	/* OK, work out the oldest transaction remaining in the log, and
-	 * the log block it starts at.
-	 *
-	 * If the log is now empty, we need to work out which is the
-	 * next transaction ID we will write, and where it will
-	 * start. */
-
-	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
-	if (transaction) {
-		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
-		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
-	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
-		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
-		blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
-	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
-		first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
-		blocknr = journal->j_head;
-	} else {
-		first_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
-		blocknr = journal->j_head;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
-
-	/* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
-           already then there's not much we can do right now. */
-	if (journal->j_tail_sequence == first_tid) {
-		write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	if (!jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal, &first_tid, &blocknr))
 		return 1;
-	}
-
-	/* OK, update the superblock to recover the freed space.
-	 * Physical blocks come first: have we wrapped beyond the end of
-	 * the log?  */
-	freed = blocknr - journal->j_tail;
-	if (blocknr < journal->j_tail)
-		freed = freed + journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
-
-	trace_jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
-	jbd_debug(1,
-		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
-		  "freeing %lu\n",
-		  journal->j_tail_sequence, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
-
-	journal->j_free += freed;
-	journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
-	journal->j_tail = blocknr;
-	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
 
 	/*
-	 * If there is an external journal, we need to make sure that
-	 * any data blocks that were recently written out --- perhaps
-	 * by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before we
-	 * drop the transactions from the external journal.  It's
-	 * unlikely this will be necessary, especially with a
-	 * appropriately sized journal, but we need this to guarantee
-	 * correctness.  Fortunately jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
-	 * doesn't get called all that often.
+	 * We need to make sure that any blocks that were recently written out
+	 * --- perhaps by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before
+	 * we drop the transactions from the journal. It's unlikely this will
+	 * be necessary, especially with an appropriately sized journal, but we
+	 * need this to guarantee correctness.  Fortunately
+	 * jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() doesn't get called all that often.
 	 */
-	if ((journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
-	    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
 		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT))
-		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
+
+	__jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, first_tid, blocknr);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 39978c1..f37b783 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -341,7 +341,16 @@  void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_FLUSHED) {
 		jbd_debug(3, "super block updated\n");
 		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
-		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
+		/*
+		 * We hold j_checkpoint_mutex so tail cannot change under us.
+		 * We don't need any special data guarantees for writing sb
+		 * since journal is empty and it is ok for write to be
+		 * flushed only with transaction commit.
+		 */
+		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
+						journal->j_tail_sequence,
+						journal->j_tail,
+						WRITE_SYNC);
 		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 	} else {
 		jbd_debug(3, "superblock not updated\n");
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 183a099..192558f 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -744,6 +744,85 @@  struct journal_head *jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *journal)
 	return jbd2_journal_add_journal_head(bh);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return tid of the oldest transaction in the journal and block in the journal
+ * where the transaction starts.
+ *
+ * If the journal is now empty, return which will be the next transaction ID
+ * we will write and where will that transaction start.
+ *
+ * The return value is 0 if journal tail cannot be pushed any further, 1 if
+ * it can.
+ */
+int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
+			      unsigned long *block)
+{
+	transaction_t *transaction;
+	int ret;
+
+	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
+	if (transaction) {
+		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
+		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
+	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
+		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
+		*block = transaction->t_log_start;
+	} else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
+		*tid = transaction->t_tid;
+		*block = journal->j_head;
+	} else {
+		*tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
+		*block = journal->j_head;
+	}
+	ret = tid_gt(*tid, journal->j_tail_sequence);
+	spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Update information in journal structure and in on disk journal superblock
+ * about log tail. This function does not check whether information passed in
+ * really pushes log tail further. It's responsibility of the caller to make
+ * sure provided log tail information is valid (e.g. by holding
+ * j_checkpoint_mutex all the time between computing log tail and calling this
+ * function as is the case with jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()).
+ *
+ * Requires j_checkpoint_mutex
+ */
+void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
+{
+	unsigned long freed;
+
+	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
+
+	/*
+	 * We cannot afford for write to remain in drive's caches since as
+	 * soon as we update j_tail, next transaction can start reusing journal
+	 * space and if we lose sb update during power failure we'd replay
+	 * old transaction with possibly newly overwritten data.
+	 */
+	jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal, tid, block, WRITE_FUA);
+	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	freed = block - journal->j_tail;
+	if (block < journal->j_tail)
+		freed += journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
+
+	trace_jbd2_update_log_tail(journal, tid, block, freed);
+	jbd_debug(1,
+		  "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
+		  "freeing %lu\n",
+		  journal->j_tail_sequence, tid, block, freed);
+
+	journal->j_free += freed;
+	journal->j_tail_sequence = tid;
+	journal->j_tail = block;
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+}
+
 struct jbd2_stats_proc_session {
 	journal_t *journal;
 	struct transaction_stats_s *stats;
@@ -1127,17 +1206,29 @@  static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
 	} else {
 		/* Lock here to make assertions happy... */
 		mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
-		/* Add the dynamic fields and write it to disk. */
-		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal);
+		/*
+		 * Update log tail information. We use WRITE_FUA since new
+		 * transaction will start reusing journal space and so we
+		 * must make sure information about current log tail is on
+		 * disk before that.
+		 */
+		jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal,
+						journal->j_tail_sequence,
+						journal->j_tail,
+						WRITE_FUA);
 		mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
 	}
 	return jbd2_journal_start_thread(journal);
 }
 
-static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
+static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
+	int ret;
 
+	if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+		write_op &= ~(REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH);
+	lock_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
 		/*
 		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the journal
@@ -1153,40 +1244,45 @@  static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal)
 		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
-
-	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+	get_bh(bh);
+	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+	ret = submit_bh(write_op, bh);
+	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: I/O error detected "
-		       "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
-		       journal->j_devname);
 		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		ret = -EIO;
+	}
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: Error %d detected when updating "
+		       "journal superblock for %s.\n", ret,
+		       journal->j_devname);
 	}
 }
 
 /**
  * jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail() - Update log tail in journal sb on disk.
  * @journal: The journal to update.
+ * @tail_tid: TID of the new transaction at the tail of the log
+ * @tail_block: The first block of the transaction at the tail of the log
+ * @write_op: With which operation should we write the journal sb
  *
  * Update a journal's superblock information about log tail and write it to
  * disk, waiting for the IO to complete.
  */
-void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal)
+void jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
+				     unsigned long tail_block, int write_op)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
-	read_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %ld, seq %d)\n",
-		  journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence);
+	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
+		  tail_block, tail_tid);
 
-	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail_sequence);
-	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail);
-	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(tail_tid);
+	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(tail_block);
 
-	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
+	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
 
 	/* Log is no longer empty */
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
@@ -1215,7 +1311,7 @@  static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal)
 	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(0);
 	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
+	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_FUA);
 
 	/* Log is no longer empty */
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
@@ -1241,7 +1337,7 @@  static void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
 	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
 	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-	jbd2_write_superblock(journal);
+	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index da6d7ba..c1a0335 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/jbd2.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -265,7 +266,9 @@  int jbd2_journal_recover(journal_t *journal)
 	err2 = sync_blockdev(journal->j_fs_dev);
 	if (!err)
 		err = err2;
-
+	/* Make sure all replayed data is on permanent storage */
+	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index 78da912..1b10c2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -971,6 +971,9 @@  extern void __journal_clean_data_list(transaction_t *transaction);
 /* Log buffer allocation */
 extern struct journal_head * jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer(journal_t *);
 int jbd2_journal_next_log_block(journal_t *, unsigned long long *);
+int jbd2_journal_get_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t *tid,
+			      unsigned long *block);
+void __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block);
 
 /* Commit management */
 extern void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *);
@@ -1082,7 +1085,8 @@  extern int	   jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_recover    (journal_t *journal);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_wipe       (journal_t *, int);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_skip_recovery	(journal_t *);
-extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *);
+extern void	   jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail	(journal_t *, tid_t,
+				unsigned long, int);
 extern void	   __jbd2_journal_abort_hard	(journal_t *);
 extern void	   jbd2_journal_abort      (journal_t *, int);
 extern int	   jbd2_journal_errno      (journal_t *);
diff --git a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
index 7596441..5c74007 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/jbd2.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@  TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_checkpoint_stats,
 		  __entry->forced_to_close, __entry->written, __entry->dropped)
 );
 
-TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail,
+TRACE_EVENT(jbd2_update_log_tail,
 
 	TP_PROTO(journal_t *journal, tid_t first_tid,
 		 unsigned long block_nr, unsigned long freed),