@@ -722,8 +722,13 @@ wait_for_iobuf:
required. */
JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "file as BJ_Forget");
journal_file_buffer(jh, commit_transaction, BJ_Forget);
- /* Wake up any transactions which were waiting for this
- IO to complete */
+ /*
+ * Wake up any transactions which were waiting for this
+ * IO to complete. The barrier must be here so that changes
+ * by journal_file_buffer() take effect before wake_up_bit()
+ * does the waitqueue check.
+ */
+ smp_mb();
wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Unshadow);
JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "brelse shadowed buffer");
__brelse(bh);
In do_get_write_access() we wait on BH_Unshadow bit for buffer to get from shadow state. The waking code in journal_commit_transaction() has a bug because it does not issue a memory barrier after the buffer is moved from the shadow state and before wake_up_bit() is called. Thus a waitqueue check can happen before the buffer is actually moved from the shadow state and waiting process may never be woken. Fix the problem by issuing proper barrier. Reported-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> --- fs/jbd/commit.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) This patch is in my tree to be submitted during the next merge window.