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[05/12] ext4: pass context information to jbd2__journal_start()

Message ID 1360446832-12724-6-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu
State Accepted, archived
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Commit Message

Theodore Ts'o Feb. 9, 2013, 9:53 p.m. UTC
So we can better understand what bits of ext4 are responsible for
long-running jbd2 handles, use jbd2__journal_start() so we can pass
context information for logging purposes.

The recommended way for finding the longer-running handles is:

   T=/sys/kernel/debug/tracing
   EVENT=$T/events/jbd2/jbd2_handle_stats
   echo "interval > 5" > $EVENT/filter
   echo 1 > $EVENT/enable

   ./run-my-fs-benchmark

   cat $T/trace > /tmp/problem-handles

This will list handles that were active for longer than 20ms.  Having
longer-running handles is bad, because a commit started at the wrong
time could stall for those 20+ milliseconds, which could delay an
fsync() or an O_SYNC operation.  Here is an example line from the
trace file describing a handle which lived on for 311 jiffies, or over
1.2 seconds:

postmark-2917  [000] ....   196.435786: jbd2_handle_stats: dev 254,32
   tid 570 type 2 line_no 2541 interval 311 sync 0 requested_blocks 1
   dirtied_blocks 0

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
---
 fs/ext4/acl.c         |  5 +++--
 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c   |  5 +++--
 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h   | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 fs/ext4/extents.c     | 11 ++++++-----
 fs/ext4/file.c        |  2 +-
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c      |  2 +-
 fs/ext4/indirect.c    |  7 ++++---
 fs/ext4/inline.c      | 10 +++++-----
 fs/ext4/inode.c       | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 fs/ext4/ioctl.c       |  4 ++--
 fs/ext4/migrate.c     |  4 ++--
 fs/ext4/move_extent.c |  2 +-
 fs/ext4/namei.c       | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 fs/ext4/resize.c      | 10 +++++-----
 fs/ext4/super.c       | 10 +++++-----
 fs/ext4/xattr.c       |  2 +-
 16 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)

Comments

Jan Kara Feb. 11, 2013, 4:16 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat 09-02-13 16:53:45, Ted Tso wrote:
> So we can better understand what bits of ext4 are responsible for
> long-running jbd2 handles, use jbd2__journal_start() so we can pass
> context information for logging purposes.
> 
> The recommended way for finding the longer-running handles is:
> 
>    T=/sys/kernel/debug/tracing
>    EVENT=$T/events/jbd2/jbd2_handle_stats
>    echo "interval > 5" > $EVENT/filter
>    echo 1 > $EVENT/enable
> 
>    ./run-my-fs-benchmark
> 
>    cat $T/trace > /tmp/problem-handles
> 
> This will list handles that were active for longer than 20ms.  Having
> longer-running handles is bad, because a commit started at the wrong
> time could stall for those 20+ milliseconds, which could delay an
> fsync() or an O_SYNC operation.  Here is an example line from the
> trace file describing a handle which lived on for 311 jiffies, or over
> 1.2 seconds:
> 
> postmark-2917  [000] ....   196.435786: jbd2_handle_stats: dev 254,32
>    tid 570 type 2 line_no 2541 interval 311 sync 0 requested_blocks 1
>    dirtied_blocks 0
  Nice! I'm just wondering - won't it be easier if we just stored a pointer
to __FILE__ in the handle? We wouldn't have to define those transaction
types and think which one to use when coding. Also checking the trace point
output would be simpler. I guess using __FILE__ will increase kernel size
due to additional string constants as gcc isn't clever enough to merge
identical strings. But we could workaround that defining in every ext4
file:

static char *JBD2_FILE = __FILE__;

and then use JBD2_FILE in the macros instead of __FILE__.

								Honza

> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/acl.c         |  5 +++--
>  fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c   |  5 +++--
>  fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h   | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c     | 11 ++++++-----
>  fs/ext4/file.c        |  2 +-
>  fs/ext4/ialloc.c      |  2 +-
>  fs/ext4/indirect.c    |  7 ++++---
>  fs/ext4/inline.c      | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/ext4/inode.c       | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  fs/ext4/ioctl.c       |  4 ++--
>  fs/ext4/migrate.c     |  4 ++--
>  fs/ext4/move_extent.c |  2 +-
>  fs/ext4/namei.c       | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  fs/ext4/resize.c      | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/ext4/super.c       | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/ext4/xattr.c       |  2 +-
>  16 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
> index e6e0d98..406cf8b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
> @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
>  	if (error)
>  		return error;
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
>  			EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
> @@ -422,7 +422,8 @@ ext4_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
>  		acl = NULL;
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
> +				    EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto release_and_out;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
> index 6f61145..7058975 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
> @@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ static void ext4_put_nojournal(handle_t *handle)
>  /*
>   * Wrappers for jbd2_journal_start/end.
>   */
> -handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
> +handle_t *__ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int line,
> +				  int type, int nblocks)
>  {
>  	journal_t *journal;
>  
> @@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
>  		ext4_abort(sb, "Detected aborted journal");
>  		return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
>  	}
> -	return jbd2_journal_start(journal, nblocks);
> +	return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks, GFP_NOFS, type, line);
>  }
>  
>  int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle)
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> index 7177f9b..302814b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
> @@ -110,6 +110,22 @@
>  #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb))
>  #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(sb))
>  
> +/*
> + * Ext4 handle operation types -- for logging purposes
> + */
> +#define EXT4_HT_MISC             0
> +#define EXT4_HT_INODE            1
> +#define EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE       2
> +#define EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS       3
> +#define EXT4_HT_DIR              4
> +#define EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE         5
> +#define EXT4_HT_QUOTA            6
> +#define EXT4_HT_RESIZE           7
> +#define EXT4_HT_MIGRATE          8
> +#define EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS     9
> +#define EXT4_HT_XATTR           10
> +#define EXT4_HT_MAX             11
> +
>  /**
>   *   struct ext4_journal_cb_entry - Base structure for callback information.
>   *
> @@ -234,7 +250,8 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
>  #define ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb) \
>  	__ext4_handle_dirty_super(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (sb))
>  
> -handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks);
> +handle_t *__ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int line,
> +				  int type, int nblocks);
>  int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle);
>  
>  #define EXT4_NOJOURNAL_MAX_REF_COUNT ((unsigned long) 4096)
> @@ -268,9 +285,17 @@ static inline int ext4_handle_has_enough_credits(handle_t *handle, int needed)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> -static inline handle_t *ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode, int nblocks)
> +#define ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, type, nblocks)			\
> +	__ext4_journal_start_sb((sb), __LINE__, (type), (nblocks))
> +
> +#define ext4_journal_start(inode, type, nblocks)			\
> +	__ext4_journal_start((inode), __LINE__, (type), (nblocks))
> +
> +static inline handle_t *__ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode,
> +					     unsigned int line, int type,
> +					     int nblocks)
>  {
> -	return ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, nblocks);
> +	return __ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, line, type, nblocks);
>  }
>  
>  #define ext4_journal_stop(handle) \
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index e95acb0..d3a7e1c 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
>  	ext_debug("truncate since %u to %u\n", start, end);
>  
>  	/* probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, depth + 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, depth + 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *inode)
>  	 * probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block
>  	 */
>  	err = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, err);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, err);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return;
>  
> @@ -4295,7 +4295,8 @@ retry:
>  	while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
>  		map.m_lblk = map.m_lblk + ret;
>  		map.m_len = max_blocks = max_blocks - ret;
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
> +					    credits);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			break;
> @@ -4373,7 +4374,7 @@ int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
>  	while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
>  		map.m_lblk += ret;
>  		map.m_len = (max_blocks -= ret);
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS, credits);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			break;
> @@ -4554,7 +4555,7 @@ int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
>  	inode_dio_wait(inode);
>  
>  	credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out_dio;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
> index afaf9f15..b41d92c 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
> @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
>  			handle_t *handle;
>  			int err;
>  
> -			handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
> +			handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
>  			if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  				return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> index 3f32c80..10bd6fe 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ int ext4_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
>  	if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
>  		goto out;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> index 1932810..c541ab8 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
> @@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ ssize_t ext4_ind_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
>  
>  		if (final_size > inode->i_size) {
>  			/* Credits for sb + inode write */
> -			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
> +			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
>  			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  				ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  				goto out;
> @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ locked:
>  		int err;
>  
>  		/* Credits for sb + inode write */
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			/* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
>  			 * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
> @@ -950,7 +950,8 @@ static handle_t *start_transaction(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	handle_t *result;
>  
> -	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode));
> +	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE,
> +				    ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode));
>  	if (!IS_ERR(result))
>  		return result;
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> index 93a3408..bc5f871 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
> @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
>  		return ret;
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		handle = NULL;
> @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	 * The possible write could happen in the inode,
>  	 * so try to reserve the space in inode first.
>  	 */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		handle = NULL;
> @@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		handle = NULL;
> @@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
>  
>  
>  	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, needed_blocks);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return;
>  
> @@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@ int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
>  	if (error)
>  		return error;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out_free;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index fb1907d..c3c47e2 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
>  	 * protection against it
>  	 */
>  	sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE,
> +				    ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, PTR_ERR(handle));
>  		/*
> @@ -687,7 +688,8 @@ static int _ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
>  		if (map.m_len > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
>  			map.m_len = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
>  		dio_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, map.m_len);
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, dio_credits);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
> +					    dio_credits);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			return ret;
> @@ -912,7 +914,7 @@ static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
>  	}
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out;
> @@ -1947,7 +1949,8 @@ static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
>  	 * references to buffers so we are safe */
>  	unlock_page(page);
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
> +				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out;
> @@ -2378,7 +2381,8 @@ retry:
>  		needed_blocks = ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(inode);
>  
>  		/* start a new transaction*/
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
> +					    needed_blocks);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT, "%s: jbd2_start: "
> @@ -2534,7 +2538,7 @@ retry:
>  	 * to journalling the i_disksize update if writes to the end
>  	 * of file which has an already mapped buffer.
>  	 */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto out;
> @@ -4281,8 +4285,9 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
>  
>  		/* (user+group)*(old+new) structure, inode write (sb,
>  		 * inode block, ? - but truncate inode update has it) */
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, (EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
> -					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb))+3);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
> +			(EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
> +			 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)) + 3);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			goto err_out;
> @@ -4317,7 +4322,7 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
>  	    (attr->ia_size < inode->i_size)) {
>  		handle_t *handle;
>  
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			goto err_out;
> @@ -4337,7 +4342,8 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
>  							    attr->ia_size);
>  			if (error) {
>  				/* Do as much error cleanup as possible */
> -				handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
> +				handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
> +							    EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
>  				if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  					ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
>  					goto err_out;
> @@ -4678,7 +4684,7 @@ void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
>  {
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		goto out;
>  
> @@ -4779,7 +4785,7 @@ int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
>  
>  	/* Finally we can mark the inode as dirty. */
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -4857,7 +4863,8 @@ int ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	else
>  		get_block = ext4_get_block;
>  retry_alloc:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
> +				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> index 4784ac2..31f4f56 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
>  		} else if (oldflags & EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL)
>  			ext4_truncate(inode);
>  
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			goto flags_out;
> @@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ flags_out:
>  		}
>  
>  		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  			goto unlock_out;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> index db8226d..4e4fcfd 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  		 */
>  		return retval;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE,
>  					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
>  					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
>  					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)
> @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
>  	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_MIGRATE);
>  	up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * It is impossible to update on-disk structures without
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> index cd90b7e..d78c33e 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> @@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct inode *donor_inode,
>  again:
>  	*err = 0;
>  	jblocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(orig_inode) * 2;
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, jblocks);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS, jblocks);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		*err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		return 0;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 34ed624..5184103 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -2262,9 +2262,10 @@ static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> -					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> -					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> +		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> +		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2298,9 +2299,10 @@ static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> -					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> -					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> +		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> +		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2414,9 +2416,10 @@ static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> -					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> -					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> +		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
> +		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2729,7 +2732,8 @@ static int ext4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  	dquot_initialize(dentry->d_inode);
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +				    EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2791,7 +2795,8 @@ static int ext4_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  	dquot_initialize(dentry->d_inode);
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +				    EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2870,7 +2875,7 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
>  			  EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb);
>  	}
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, credits);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -2908,7 +2913,7 @@ retry:
>  		 * Now inode is being linked into dir (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS
>  		 * + EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS), inode is also modified
>  		 */
> -		handle = ext4_journal_start(dir,
> +		handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
>  				EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
>  				EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 1);
>  		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> @@ -2955,8 +2960,9 @@ static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
>  	dquot_initialize(dir);
>  
>  retry:
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> -					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
> +		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -3039,9 +3045,9 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
>  	 * in separate transaction */
>  	if (new_dentry->d_inode)
>  		dquot_initialize(new_dentry->d_inode);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, 2 *
> -					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) +
> -					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
> +		(2 * EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) +
> +		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> index 8eefb63..c7f4d75 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
> @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
>  	meta_bg = EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG);
>  
>  	/* This transaction may be extended/restarted along the way */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb, int blk_off, char *data,
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  	int err = 0, err2;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		group = 1;
>  		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
> @@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
>  	 * modify each of the reserved GDT dindirect blocks.
>  	 */
>  	credit = flex_gd->count * 4 + reserved_gdb;
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, credit);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, credit);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		goto exit;
> @@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ static int ext4_group_extend_no_check(struct super_block *sb,
>  	/* We will update the superblock, one block bitmap, and
>  	 * one group descriptor via ext4_group_add_blocks().
>  	 */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 3);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, 3);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  		ext4_warning(sb, "error %d on journal start", err);
> @@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
>  		credits += 3;	/* block bitmap, bg descriptor, resize inode */
>  	}
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, credits);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, credits);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 5812f29..373d46c 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -4768,7 +4768,7 @@ static int ext4_write_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
>  	struct inode *inode;
>  
>  	inode = dquot_to_inode(dquot);
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
>  				    EXT4_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
> @@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@ static int ext4_acquire_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
>  	int ret, err;
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot), EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
>  				    EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
> @@ -4800,7 +4800,7 @@ static int ext4_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
>  	int ret, err;
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot), EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
>  				    EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		/* Release dquot anyway to avoid endless cycle in dqput() */
> @@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@ static int ext4_write_info(struct super_block *sb, int type)
>  	handle_t *handle;
>  
>  	/* Data block + inode block */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(sb->s_root->d_inode, 2);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(sb->s_root->d_inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA, 2);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  	ret = dquot_commit_info(sb, type);
> @@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@ static int ext4_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)
>  
>  	/* Update modification times of quota files when userspace can
>  	 * start looking at them */
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA, 1);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle))
>  		goto out;
>  	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index c68990c..2efc560 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ retry:
>  	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
>  		credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
>  
> -	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
> +	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR, credits);
>  	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  	} else {
> -- 
> 1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b
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Theodore Ts'o Feb. 11, 2013, 6:13 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:16:34PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > postmark-2917  [000] ....   196.435786: jbd2_handle_stats: dev 254,32
> >    tid 570 type 2 line_no 2541 interval 311 sync 0 requested_blocks 1
> >    dirtied_blocks 0
>   Nice! I'm just wondering - won't it be easier if we just stored a pointer
> to __FILE__ in the handle? We wouldn't have to define those transaction
> types and think which one to use when coding. Also checking the trace point
> output would be simpler. I guess using __FILE__ will increase kernel size
> due to additional string constants as gcc isn't clever enough to merge
> identical strings. But we could workaround that defining in every ext4
> file:

One of the reasons why I originally started with using an integer type
was that I was originally thinking about calculating handle-level
statistics (max hold time, average hold time, etc., and keeping those
statistics on a per-class basis).  So having an integer type number
was useful for that purpose.

Once I figured out that you could do things specify constraints such
as "interval > 5", the desire to do kernel-level statistics became
less urgent for me, since it's really finding the "long pole" handle
hold times which are most interesting.  I still might want to some
kernel-level statistics which are broken down by type, since once we
eliminate the long pole, knowing what the average handle hold times
are could still be useful/interesting.

Another downside of using a pointer to __FILE__, or some static
character pointer, is that it doesn't work for the applications such
as perf (and I think ftrace, although I'm not certain about the ftrace
tool, since I never use it) can't handle printing the char *, since
they use the ring buffer syscall directly instead of using the
TP_printk statement.  So all they get is a kernel address, and
something which is useful to decode.

But for users who are using the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing interface
via echo and cat, I do agree that using a static char *JBD_FILE so
that /sys/kernel/debug/trace has real file names would be a bit more
convenient for them.

					- Ted
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Jan Kara Feb. 11, 2013, 7:58 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon 11-02-13 13:13:35, Ted Tso wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 05:16:34PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > postmark-2917  [000] ....   196.435786: jbd2_handle_stats: dev 254,32
> > >    tid 570 type 2 line_no 2541 interval 311 sync 0 requested_blocks 1
> > >    dirtied_blocks 0
> >   Nice! I'm just wondering - won't it be easier if we just stored a pointer
> > to __FILE__ in the handle? We wouldn't have to define those transaction
> > types and think which one to use when coding. Also checking the trace point
> > output would be simpler. I guess using __FILE__ will increase kernel size
> > due to additional string constants as gcc isn't clever enough to merge
> > identical strings. But we could workaround that defining in every ext4
> > file:
> 
> One of the reasons why I originally started with using an integer type
> was that I was originally thinking about calculating handle-level
> statistics (max hold time, average hold time, etc., and keeping those
> statistics on a per-class basis).  So having an integer type number
> was useful for that purpose.
> 
> Once I figured out that you could do things specify constraints such
> as "interval > 5", the desire to do kernel-level statistics became
> less urgent for me, since it's really finding the "long pole" handle
> hold times which are most interesting.  I still might want to some
> kernel-level statistics which are broken down by type, since once we
> eliminate the long pole, knowing what the average handle hold times
> are could still be useful/interesting.
  Agreed. Although for debugging purposes one can compute this info from
stats output by tracepoints. But if you want to ask users to give you
stats, computing them in kernel is superior (less overhead than full
tracing). We could still compute per call site stats with __FILE__, lineno
pair but it would require some hashing and is probably an overkill.

> Another downside of using a pointer to __FILE__, or some static
> character pointer, is that it doesn't work for the applications such
> as perf (and I think ftrace, although I'm not certain about the ftrace
> tool, since I never use it) can't handle printing the char *, since
> they use the ring buffer syscall directly instead of using the
> TP_printk statement.  So all they get is a kernel address, and
> something which is useful to decode.
  One can overcome this relatively easily by defining the trace
event to have __array(char, file, 32) and then strcpy() the name to is in
TP_fast_assign(). We do this in lot of other trace points as well (with
device names etc.).

> But for users who are using the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing interface
> via echo and cat, I do agree that using a static char *JBD_FILE so
> that /sys/kernel/debug/trace has real file names would be a bit more
> convenient for them.
  Convenience of use is one thing, having programmer properly assign new
handle types (or use old ones) is another. And you also have questions like
- there are three call sites with this handle type but I cannot figure out
which of them is causing problems.

								Honza
Theodore Ts'o Feb. 11, 2013, 8:14 p.m. UTC | #4
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 08:58:55PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Another downside of using a pointer to __FILE__, or some static
> > character pointer, is that it doesn't work for the applications such
> > as perf (and I think ftrace, although I'm not certain about the ftrace
> > tool, since I never use it) can't handle printing the char *, since
> > they use the ring buffer syscall directly instead of using the
> > TP_printk statement.  So all they get is a kernel address, and
> > something which is useful to decode.
>
>   One can overcome this relatively easily by defining the trace
> event to have __array(char, file, 32) and then strcpy() the name to is in
> TP_fast_assign(). We do this in lot of other trace points as well (with
> device names etc.).

True, but then the tradeoff is that we've bloated the size of the
tracepoint in the ring buffer.  Given how many handles can be created
and closed per second, keeping the tracepoint size small is also
desireable.  Of course one thing we could do is use a small integer,
and then have a sysfs interface which maps the integer to the file
name.   That may be overkill, though.

> 
> > But for users who are using the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing interface
> > via echo and cat, I do agree that using a static char *JBD_FILE so
> > that /sys/kernel/debug/trace has real file names would be a bit more
> > convenient for them.
>   Convenience of use is one thing, having programmer properly assign new
> handle types (or use old ones) is another. And you also have questions like
> - there are three call sites with this handle type but I cannot figure out
> which of them is causing problems.

Well, that's what the line number is for (so you can distinguish the
call site).  The other reason why using a type separate from the file
name is sometimes the best way to classify different types of handle
operations isn't necessarily by file name.  As far as the effort of
programmers to assign new handle types, I don't really anticipate that
this will be a common thing; it's pretty rare that we introduce code
which requires new calls to ext4_journal_start/ext4_journal_stop.  And
when programmers do need to do this, the question of which handle type
to use or whether to create a new handle type is a pretty minor issue.
The much greater difficulty is figuring out how many journal credits
to reserve.  :-)

						- Ted
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diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index e6e0d98..406cf8b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@  ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
 			EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@  ext4_xattr_set_acl(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value,
 		acl = NULL;
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR,
+				    EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto release_and_out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index 6f61145..7058975 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@  static void ext4_put_nojournal(handle_t *handle)
 /*
  * Wrappers for jbd2_journal_start/end.
  */
-handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
+handle_t *__ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int line,
+				  int type, int nblocks)
 {
 	journal_t *journal;
 
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@  handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
 		ext4_abort(sb, "Detected aborted journal");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 	}
-	return jbd2_journal_start(journal, nblocks);
+	return jbd2__journal_start(journal, nblocks, GFP_NOFS, type, line);
 }
 
 int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index 7177f9b..302814b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -110,6 +110,22 @@ 
 #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(sb))
 #define EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(sb) (MAXQUOTAS*EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(sb))
 
+/*
+ * Ext4 handle operation types -- for logging purposes
+ */
+#define EXT4_HT_MISC             0
+#define EXT4_HT_INODE            1
+#define EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE       2
+#define EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS       3
+#define EXT4_HT_DIR              4
+#define EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE         5
+#define EXT4_HT_QUOTA            6
+#define EXT4_HT_RESIZE           7
+#define EXT4_HT_MIGRATE          8
+#define EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS     9
+#define EXT4_HT_XATTR           10
+#define EXT4_HT_MAX             11
+
 /**
  *   struct ext4_journal_cb_entry - Base structure for callback information.
  *
@@ -234,7 +250,8 @@  int __ext4_handle_dirty_super(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 #define ext4_handle_dirty_super(handle, sb) \
 	__ext4_handle_dirty_super(__func__, __LINE__, (handle), (sb))
 
-handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks);
+handle_t *__ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int line,
+				  int type, int nblocks);
 int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line, handle_t *handle);
 
 #define EXT4_NOJOURNAL_MAX_REF_COUNT ((unsigned long) 4096)
@@ -268,9 +285,17 @@  static inline int ext4_handle_has_enough_credits(handle_t *handle, int needed)
 	return 1;
 }
 
-static inline handle_t *ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode, int nblocks)
+#define ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, type, nblocks)			\
+	__ext4_journal_start_sb((sb), __LINE__, (type), (nblocks))
+
+#define ext4_journal_start(inode, type, nblocks)			\
+	__ext4_journal_start((inode), __LINE__, (type), (nblocks))
+
+static inline handle_t *__ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode,
+					     unsigned int line, int type,
+					     int nblocks)
 {
-	return ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, nblocks);
+	return __ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, line, type, nblocks);
 }
 
 #define ext4_journal_stop(handle) \
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index e95acb0..d3a7e1c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@  static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start,
 	ext_debug("truncate since %u to %u\n", start, end);
 
 	/* probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, depth + 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, depth + 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -4129,7 +4129,7 @@  void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	 * probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block
 	 */
 	err = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, err);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, err);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return;
 
@@ -4295,7 +4295,8 @@  retry:
 	while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
 		map.m_lblk = map.m_lblk + ret;
 		map.m_len = max_blocks = max_blocks - ret;
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
+					    credits);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			break;
@@ -4373,7 +4374,7 @@  int ext4_convert_unwritten_extents(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
 	while (ret >= 0 && ret < max_blocks) {
 		map.m_lblk += ret;
 		map.m_len = (max_blocks -= ret);
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS, credits);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			break;
@@ -4554,7 +4555,7 @@  int ext4_ext_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 	inode_dio_wait(inode);
 
 	credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out_dio;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index afaf9f15..b41d92c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@  static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 			handle_t *handle;
 			int err;
 
-			handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
+			handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
 			if (IS_ERR(handle))
 				return PTR_ERR(handle);
 			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, sbi->s_sbh);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 3f32c80..10bd6fe 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@  int ext4_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 	if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
 		goto out;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 1932810..c541ab8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@  ssize_t ext4_ind_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb,
 
 		if (final_size > inode->i_size) {
 			/* Credits for sb + inode write */
-			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
+			handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
 			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 				goto out;
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@  locked:
 		int err;
 
 		/* Credits for sb + inode write */
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			/* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
 			 * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
@@ -950,7 +950,8 @@  static handle_t *start_transaction(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	handle_t *result;
 
-	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode));
+	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE,
+				    ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode));
 	if (!IS_ERR(result))
 		return result;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 93a3408..bc5f871 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@  static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
 		return ret;
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		handle = NULL;
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@  int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
 	 * The possible write could happen in the inode,
 	 * so try to reserve the space in inode first.
 	 */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		handle = NULL;
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@  int ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		handle = NULL;
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@  void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
 
 
 	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, needed_blocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return;
 
@@ -1862,7 +1862,7 @@  int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out_free;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index fb1907d..c3c47e2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@  void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 * protection against it
 	 */
 	sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE,
+				    ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, PTR_ERR(handle));
 		/*
@@ -687,7 +688,8 @@  static int _ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 		if (map.m_len > DIO_MAX_BLOCKS)
 			map.m_len = DIO_MAX_BLOCKS;
 		dio_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, map.m_len);
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, dio_credits);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS,
+					    dio_credits);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			return ret;
@@ -912,7 +914,7 @@  static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	}
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -1947,7 +1949,8 @@  static int __ext4_journalled_writepage(struct page *page,
 	 * references to buffers so we are safe */
 	unlock_page(page);
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
+				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -2378,7 +2381,8 @@  retry:
 		needed_blocks = ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(inode);
 
 		/* start a new transaction*/
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
+					    needed_blocks);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT, "%s: jbd2_start: "
@@ -2534,7 +2538,7 @@  retry:
 	 * to journalling the i_disksize update if writes to the end
 	 * of file which has an already mapped buffer.
 	 */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -4281,8 +4285,9 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 
 		/* (user+group)*(old+new) structure, inode write (sb,
 		 * inode block, ? - but truncate inode update has it) */
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, (EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb))+3);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
+			(EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
+			 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)) + 3);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_out;
@@ -4317,7 +4322,7 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 	    (attr->ia_size < inode->i_size)) {
 		handle_t *handle;
 
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_out;
@@ -4337,7 +4342,8 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr)
 							    attr->ia_size);
 			if (error) {
 				/* Do as much error cleanup as possible */
-				handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
+				handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+							    EXT4_HT_INODE, 3);
 				if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 					ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 					goto err_out;
@@ -4678,7 +4684,7 @@  void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 2);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -4779,7 +4785,7 @@  int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *inode, int val)
 
 	/* Finally we can mark the inode as dirty. */
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -4857,7 +4863,8 @@  int ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	else
 		get_block = ext4_get_block;
 retry_alloc:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
+				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 4784ac2..31f4f56 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@  long ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		} else if (oldflags & EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL)
 			ext4_truncate(inode);
 
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto flags_out;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@  flags_out:
 		}
 
 		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto unlock_out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index db8226d..4e4fcfd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@  int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 		 */
 		return retval;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE,
 					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
 					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
 					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@  int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_MIGRATE);
 	up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MIGRATE, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		/*
 		 * It is impossible to update on-disk structures without
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index cd90b7e..d78c33e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@  move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct inode *donor_inode,
 again:
 	*err = 0;
 	jblocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(orig_inode) * 2;
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, jblocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS, jblocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		*err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 34ed624..5184103 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2262,9 +2262,10 @@  static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode,
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2298,9 +2299,10 @@  static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2414,9 +2416,10 @@  static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, umode_t mode)
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
+		 EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb)));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2729,7 +2732,8 @@  static int ext4_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 	dquot_initialize(dentry->d_inode);
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+				    EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2791,7 +2795,8 @@  static int ext4_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 	dquot_initialize(dentry->d_inode);
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+				    EXT4_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2870,7 +2875,7 @@  static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 			  EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb);
 	}
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, credits);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -2908,7 +2913,7 @@  retry:
 		 * Now inode is being linked into dir (EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS
 		 * + EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS), inode is also modified
 		 */
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(dir,
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
 				EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
 				EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
@@ -2955,8 +2960,9 @@  static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	dquot_initialize(dir);
 
 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+		(EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
+		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -3039,9 +3045,9 @@  static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	 * in separate transaction */
 	if (new_dentry->d_inode)
 		dquot_initialize(new_dentry->d_inode);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, 2 *
-					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, EXT4_HT_DIR,
+		(2 * EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) +
+		 EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 8eefb63..c7f4d75 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@  static int setup_new_flex_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	meta_bg = EXT4_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG);
 
 	/* This transaction may be extended/restarted along the way */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@  static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb, int blk_off, char *data,
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int err = 0, err2;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		group = 1;
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@  static int ext4_flex_group_add(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * modify each of the reserved GDT dindirect blocks.
 	 */
 	credit = flex_gd->count * 4 + reserved_gdb;
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, credit);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, credit);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto exit;
@@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@  static int ext4_group_extend_no_check(struct super_block *sb,
 	/* We will update the superblock, one block bitmap, and
 	 * one group descriptor via ext4_group_add_blocks().
 	 */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 3);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, 3);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		ext4_warning(sb, "error %d on journal start", err);
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@  static int ext4_convert_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode)
 		credits += 3;	/* block bitmap, bg descriptor, resize inode */
 	}
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, credits);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_RESIZE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 5812f29..373d46c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4768,7 +4768,7 @@  static int ext4_write_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	inode = dquot_to_inode(dquot);
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
 				    EXT4_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -4784,7 +4784,7 @@  static int ext4_acquire_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	int ret, err;
 	handle_t *handle;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot), EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
 				    EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -4800,7 +4800,7 @@  static int ext4_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	int ret, err;
 	handle_t *handle;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot), EXT4_HT_QUOTA,
 				    EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		/* Release dquot anyway to avoid endless cycle in dqput() */
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@  static int ext4_write_info(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 	handle_t *handle;
 
 	/* Data block + inode block */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(sb->s_root->d_inode, 2);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(sb->s_root->d_inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA, 2);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 	ret = dquot_commit_info(sb, type);
@@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@  static int ext4_quota_off(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 
 	/* Update modification times of quota files when userspace can
 	 * start looking at them */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_QUOTA, 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		goto out;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index c68990c..2efc560 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@  retry:
 	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
 		credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, credits);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_XATTR, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 	} else {