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[2/3] ext4 : Pass GFP_KERNEL for transaction allocation if caller can handler failures

Message ID AANLkTimMZfSBx-c_O_N2HNVHSsZObFmFLo2peFB_d_Fy@mail.gmail.com
State New, archived
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Manish Katiyar Jan. 30, 2011, 5:29 a.m. UTC
Hi Jan,

Below is the updated patch based on your feedback.

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
>  Hi,
>
> On Sat 22-01-11 19:34:55, Manish Katiyar wrote:
>> Pass GFP_KERNEL for transaction allocation for ext4 routines if caller
>> can handler failures
>  Some error recovery paths will need cleaning up before you actually start
> using them - see below:
>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
>> index e0270d1..1a4a944 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
>> @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)
>>
>>       retry:
>>               handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
>> -                             EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
>> +                             EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb), true);
>>               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                       error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>                       ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
>  We shouldn't call ext4_std_error() (that possibly logs the message in
> the kernel log and remounts the fs read-only, panics the kernel or so) in
> case of ENOMEM...
>
>> @@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ 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_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb), true);
>>       if (IS_ERR(handle))
>>               return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  It's actually not your bug, but the above should be:
>  error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>  goto release_and_out;
>
>>       error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
>> index eb9097a..e0e27a3 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
>> @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ extern 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, 1, true);
>>       if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>               ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>               goto out;
>  Well, this might be disputable. This function is used to lazily
> initialize inode table.  If the initialization fails, thread removes the
> request for initialization from the queue. But in case of ENOMEM, it might
> be more suitable to just postpone the initialization work to a more
> suitable time...

I have converted it back to pass false. Will send a separate patch later.

>
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> index 9f7f9e4..76c20b8 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> ...
>> @@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ 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, dio_credits, false);
>>               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                       ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>                       return ret;
>  Hmm, this would be actually another useful prerequisite cleanup of this
> series. _ext4_get_block() should need to start a transaction only when
> called from direct IO path (otherwise transaction should be already started
> when creating blocks). But this is only implicit so it would be good to
> create ext4_get_block_directIO() which would start a transaction, use it
> as a callback of __blockdev_direct_IO(), and remove the code from standard
> _ext4_get_block() function. Then you can also make ext4_journal_start()
> possibly fail and still it will be clear you do not introduce any potential
> problems.
>
>> @@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file,
>> struct address_space *mapping,
>>       to = from + len;
>>
>>  retry:
>> -     handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
>> +     handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks, false);
>>       if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>               ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>               goto out;
>  Failing this with ENOMEM is OK. Note that grab_cache_page_write_begin()
> called just below can fail with ENOMEM as well.

Using the same reasoning, I also changed ext4_da_write_begin().

>
>> @@ -3553,7 +3554,7 @@ static 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, 2, false);
>>                       if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                               ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>                               goto out;
>  This can fail without introducing problems. It's standard directIO write
> path.
>
>> @@ -3596,7 +3597,7 @@ retry:
>>               int err;
>>
>>               /* Credits for sb + inode write */
>> -             handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
>> +             handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2, false);
>>               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                       /* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
>>                        * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
>  This one can fail just fine as well.
>
>> @@ -5329,8 +5330,10 @@ 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_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
>> +                                         EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb))+3,
>> +                                         true);
>>               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                       error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>                       goto err_out;
>> @@ -5365,7 +5368,7 @@ int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct
>> iattr *attr)
>>            (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS)))) {
>>               handle_t *handle;
>>
>> -             handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
>> +             handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3, true);
>>               if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
>>                       error = PTR_ERR(handle);
>>                       goto err_out;
>  The above two sites are fine but note that err_out calls ext4_std_error()
> which we don't want to happen in case of ENOMEM.
>
>> @@ -5822,7 +5825,7 @@ 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, 1, true);
>>       if (IS_ERR(handle))
>>               return PTR_ERR(handle);
>  This can fail OK, but you should undo inode flag and aops change before
> returning error (that would be probably better as a separate preparatory
> patch because it won't be completely trivial - you need to lock the updates
> again etc. possibly create a helper function for that so that you don't
> duplicate the code).

Changed back to pass false. Will do the cleanup and error handling as
part of separate patch once I start understanding the code better.



For ext4 functions which can handle transaction allocation failures,
pass GFP_KERNEL flag for transaction allocation dring journal start.
Otherwise GFP_NOFS is passed which retries in a loop till allocation
succeeds.

Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/acl.c         |   12 +++++++-----
 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h   |    9 +++++----
 fs/ext4/extents.c     |    8 ++++----
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c      |    2 +-
 fs/ext4/inode.c       |   37 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 fs/ext4/ioctl.c       |    4 ++--
 fs/ext4/migrate.c     |    4 ++--
 fs/ext4/move_extent.c |    2 +-
 fs/ext4/namei.c       |   24 +++++++++++++++---------
 fs/ext4/resize.c      |    8 ++++----
 fs/ext4/super.c       |   13 +++++++------
 fs/ext4/xattr.c       |    3 ++-
 12 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

 	} else {
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.c b/fs/ext4/acl.c
index e0270d1..0f7aac2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/acl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/acl.c
@@ -351,10 +351,9 @@  ext4_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode)

 	retry:
 		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
-				EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+				EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb), true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
-			ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
 			goto out;
 		}
 		error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, ACL_TYPE_ACCESS, clone);
@@ -449,9 +448,12 @@  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));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle))
-		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+			            EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb), true);
+	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+		error = PTR_ERR(handle);
+		goto release_and_out;
+	}
 	error = ext4_set_acl(handle, inode, type, acl);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (error == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index d8b992e..38f128e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@  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, int nblocks,
bool errok);
 int __ext4_journal_stop(const char *where, unsigned int line,
handle_t *handle);

 #define EXT4_NOJOURNAL_MAX_REF_COUNT ((unsigned long) 4096)
@@ -209,9 +209,10 @@  static inline void
ext4_journal_release_buffer(handle_t *handle,
 		jbd2_journal_release_buffer(handle, bh);
 }

-static inline handle_t *ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode, int nblocks)
+static inline handle_t *ext4_journal_start(struct inode *inode,
+					   int nblocks, bool errok)
 {
-	return ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, nblocks);
+	return ext4_journal_start_sb(inode->i_sb, nblocks, errok);
 }

 #define ext4_journal_stop(handle) \
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@  static inline int ext4_journal_extend(handle_t
*handle, int nblocks)
 static inline int ext4_journal_restart(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
 {
 	if (ext4_handle_valid(handle))
-		return jbd2_journal_restart(handle, nblocks);
+		return jbd2_journal_restart(handle, nblocks, false);
 	return 0;
 }

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 63a7581..5944b1c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2333,7 +2333,7 @@  static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode
*inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
 	ext_debug("truncate since %u\n", start);

 	/* probably first extent we're gonna free will be last in block */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, depth + 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, depth + 1, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -3544,7 +3544,7 @@  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, err, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return;

@@ -3677,7 +3677,7 @@  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, credits, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			break;
@@ -3752,7 +3752,7 @@  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, credits, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			break;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index eb9097a..4499dcd 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@  extern 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, 1, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9f7f9e4..12a9b74 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@  static handle_t *start_transaction(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	handle_t *result;

-	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, blocks_for_truncate(inode));
+	result = ext4_journal_start(inode, blocks_for_truncate(inode), false);
 	if (!IS_ERR(result))
 		return result;

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@  void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
 		goto no_delete;

-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, blocks_for_truncate(inode)+3, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, PTR_ERR(handle));
 		/*
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@  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, dio_credits, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			return ret;
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@  static int ext4_write_begin(struct file *file,
struct address_space *mapping,
 	to = from + len;

 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, needed_blocks, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -2653,7 +2653,8 @@  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_writepage_trans_blocks(inode),
+				    false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -3049,7 +3050,7 @@  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, needed_blocks, false);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT, "%s: jbd2_start: "
@@ -3204,7 +3205,7 @@  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, 1, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto out;
@@ -3553,7 +3554,7 @@  static 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, 2, true);
 			if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 				ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
 				goto out;
@@ -3596,7 +3597,7 @@  retry:
 		int err;

 		/* Credits for sb + inode write */
-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			/* This is really bad luck. We've written the data
 			 * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend
@@ -5329,8 +5330,10 @@  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_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)+
+					    EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb))+3,
+					    true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_out;
@@ -5365,7 +5368,7 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct
iattr *attr)
 	     (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EOFBLOCKS)))) {
 		handle_t *handle;

-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 3, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			error = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto err_out;
@@ -5385,7 +5388,7 @@  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, 3, false);
 				if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 					ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 					goto err_out;
@@ -5421,7 +5424,9 @@  int ext4_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct
iattr *attr)
 		rc = ext4_acl_chmod(inode);

 err_out:
-	ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
+	if (error != -ENOMEM) {
+		ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, error);
+	}
 	if (!error)
 		error = rc;
 	return error;
@@ -5738,7 +5743,7 @@  void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;

-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		goto out;

@@ -5822,7 +5827,7 @@  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, 1, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index eb3bc2f..a357b9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@  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, 1, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto flags_out;
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@  flags_out:
 			goto setversion_out;
 		}

-		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
+		handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1, true);
 		if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 			goto setversion_out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index b0a126f..729dcbc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@  int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 					EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb) +
 					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3 +
 					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)
-					+ 1);
+					+ 1, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		return retval;
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@  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, 1, true);
 	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 b9f3e78..d5aad4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@  move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp, struct
inode *donor_inode,
 	 * inode and donor_inode may change each different metadata blocks.
 	 */
 	jblocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(orig_inode) * 2;
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, jblocks);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, jblocks, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		*err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 5485390..a3ad11f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1739,7 +1739,8 @@  static int ext4_create(struct inode *dir, struct
dentry *dentry, int mode,
 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));
+					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb),
+					true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -1775,7 +1776,8 @@  static int ext4_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct
dentry *dentry,
 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));
+					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb),
+					true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -1814,7 +1816,8 @@  static int ext4_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct
dentry *dentry, int mode)
 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));
+					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb),
+					true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -2127,7 +2130,8 @@  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_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb), true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -2188,7 +2192,8 @@  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_DELETE_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb), true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -2246,8 +2251,9 @@  static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,

 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 5 +
-					EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb));
+				    EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 5 +
+				    EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_INIT_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb),
+				    true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -2313,7 +2319,7 @@  static int ext4_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,

 retry:
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(dir, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dir->i_sb) +
-					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS);
+					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

@@ -2365,7 +2371,7 @@  static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		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);
+					EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);

diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 3ecc6e4..e50d083 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@  static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct super_block *sb,
 	int err = 0, err2;

 	/* 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_MAX_TRANS_DATA, true);

 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@  static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb,
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int err = 0, err2;

-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_MAX_TRANS_DATA, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		group = 1;
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@  int ext4_group_add(struct super_block *sb, struct
ext4_new_group_data *input)
 	 */
 	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb,
 				       ext4_bg_has_super(sb, input->group) ?
-				       3 + reserved_gdb : 4);
+				       3 + reserved_gdb : 4, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		goto exit_put;
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@  int ext4_group_extend(struct super_block *sb,
struct ext4_super_block *es,
 	/* We will update the superblock, one block bitmap, and
 	 * one group descriptor via ext4_free_blocks().
 	 */
-	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 3);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, 3, true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(handle);
 		ext4_warning(sb, "error %d on journal start", err);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index cb10a06..eacfea7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@  static void ext4_put_nojournal(handle_t *handle)
  * that sync() will call the filesystem's write_super callback if
  * appropriate.
  */
-handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks)
+handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks,
bool errok)
 {
 	journal_t *journal;

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@  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, errok);
 	}
 	return ext4_get_nojournal();
 }
@@ -4471,7 +4471,8 @@  static int ext4_write_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)

 	inode = dquot_to_inode(dquot);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
-				    EXT4_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
+				    EXT4_QUOTA_TRANS_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb),
+				    false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 	ret = dquot_commit(dquot);
@@ -4487,7 +4488,7 @@  static int ext4_acquire_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	handle_t *handle;

 	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
-				    EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
+				    EXT4_QUOTA_INIT_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb), false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 	ret = dquot_acquire(dquot);
@@ -4503,7 +4504,7 @@  static int ext4_release_dquot(struct dquot *dquot)
 	handle_t *handle;

 	handle = ext4_journal_start(dquot_to_inode(dquot),
-				    EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb));
+				    EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(dquot->dq_sb), false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		/* Release dquot anyway to avoid endless cycle in dqput() */
 		dquot_release(dquot);
@@ -4534,7 +4535,7 @@  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, 2, false);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 	ret = dquot_commit_info(sb, type);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index fc32176..0e39f57 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1084,7 +1084,8 @@  ext4_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int
name_index, const char *name,
 	int error, retries = 0;

 retry:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode,
+				    EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb), true);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		error = PTR_ERR(handle);