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From: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>, Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: use READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:12:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260130031232.60780-3-me@linux.beauty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130031232.60780-1-me@linux.beauty>

ext4 journal commit callbacks access jbd2_inode fields such as
i_transaction and i_dirty_start/end without holding journal->j_list_lock.

Use READ_ONCE() for these reads to correct the concurrency assumptions.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |  6 ++++--
 fs/ext4/super.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d99296d7315f..2d451388e080 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3033,11 +3033,13 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 int ext4_normal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
 {
+	loff_t dirty_start = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_start);
+	loff_t dirty_end = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_end);
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
-		.range_start = jinode->i_dirty_start,
-		.range_end = jinode->i_dirty_end,
+		.range_start = dirty_start,
+		.range_end = dirty_end,
 	};
 	struct mpage_da_data mpd = {
 		.inode = jinode->i_vfs_inode,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 5cf6c2b54bbb..acb2bc016fd4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	struct journal_head *jh;
+	transaction_t *trans = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_transaction);
 
 	bh = head = folio_buffers(folio);
 	do {
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
 		 */
 		jh = bh2jh(bh);
 		if (buffer_dirty(bh) ||
-		    (jh && (jh->b_transaction != jinode->i_transaction ||
+		    (jh && (jh->b_transaction != trans ||
 			    jh->b_next_transaction)))
 			return true;
 	} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
@@ -550,12 +551,14 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
 static int ext4_journalled_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
+	loff_t dirty_start = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_start);
+	loff_t dirty_end = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_end);
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.sync_mode =  WB_SYNC_ALL,
+		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
-		.range_start = jinode->i_dirty_start,
-		.range_end = jinode->i_dirty_end,
-        };
+		.range_start = dirty_start,
+		.range_end = dirty_end,
+	};
 	struct folio *folio = NULL;
 	int error;
 
-- 
2.52.0

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-30  3:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-30  3:12 [PATCH 0/3] jbd2/ext4/ocfs2: READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads Li Chen
2026-01-30  3:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] jbd2: use " Li Chen
2026-02-02 16:40   ` Jan Kara
2026-02-02 16:52     ` Jan Kara
2026-01-30  3:12 ` Li Chen [this message]
2026-02-02 16:41   ` [PATCH 2/3] ext4: " Jan Kara

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