Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

* 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4:
  ext4: Patch up how we claim metadata blocks for quota purposes
  ext4: Ensure zeroout blocks have no dirty metadata
  ext4: return correct wbc.nr_to_write in ext4_da_writepages
  ext4: Update documentation to correct the inode_readahead_blks option name
  jbd2: don't use __GFP_NOFAIL in journal_init_common()
  ext4: flush delalloc blocks when space is low
  fs-writeback: Add helper function to start writeback if idle
  ext4: Eliminate potential double free on error path
  ext4: fix unsigned long long printk warning in super.c
  ext4, jbd2: Add barriers for file systems with exernal journals
  ext4: replace BUG() with return -EIO in ext4_ext_get_blocks
  ext4: add module aliases for ext2 and ext3
  ext4: Don't ask about supporting ext2/3 in ext4 if ext4 is not configured
  ext4: remove unused #include <linux/version.h>

15 files changed, 189 insertions, 94 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index af6885c3c821..e1def1786e50 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ nobarrier		This also requires an IO stack which can support
                         also be used to enable or disable barriers, for
                         consistency with other ext4 mount options.
 
-inode_readahead=n       This tuning parameter controls the maximum
+inode_readahead_blks=n  This tuning parameter controls the maximum
                         number of inode table blocks that ext4's inode
                         table readahead algorithm will pre-read into
                         the buffer cache.  The default value is 32 blocks.
diff --git a/fs/ext4/Kconfig b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
index 9acf7e808139..9ed1bb1f319f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext4/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config EXT4_FS
 
 config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23
         bool "Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems"
+        depends on EXT4_FS
         depends on EXT3_FS=n || EXT2_FS=n
         default y
         help
diff --git a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
index 4df8621ec31c..a60ab9aad57d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include "ext4.h"
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 3a7928f825e4..91ae46098ea4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3023,6 +3023,14 @@ out:
         return err;
 }
 
+static void unmap_underlying_metadata_blocks(struct block_device *bdev,
+                        sector_t block, int count)
+{
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                unmap_underlying_metadata(bdev, block + i);
+}
+
 static int
 ext4_ext_handle_uninitialized_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                         ext4_lblk_t iblock, unsigned int max_blocks,
@@ -3098,6 +3106,18 @@ out:
         } else
                 allocated = ret;
         set_buffer_new(bh_result);
+        /*
+         * if we allocated more blocks than requested
+         * we need to make sure we unmap the extra block
+         * allocated. The actual needed block will get
+         * unmapped later when we find the buffer_head marked
+         * new.
+         */
+        if (allocated > max_blocks) {
+                unmap_underlying_metadata_blocks(inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
+                                        newblock + max_blocks,
+                                        allocated - max_blocks);
+        }
 map_out:
         set_buffer_mapped(bh_result);
 out1:
@@ -3190,7 +3210,13 @@ int ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
          * this situation is possible, though, _during_ tree modification;
          * this is why assert can't be put in ext4_ext_find_extent()
          */
-        BUG_ON(path[depth].p_ext == NULL && depth != 0);
+        if (path[depth].p_ext == NULL && depth != 0) {
+                ext4_error(inode->i_sb, __func__, "bad extent address "
+                           "inode: %lu, iblock: %d, depth: %d",
+                           inode->i_ino, iblock, depth);
+                err = -EIO;
+                goto out2;
+        }
         eh = path[depth].p_hdr;
 
         ex = path[depth].p_ext;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 0b22497d92e1..98bd140aad01 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -88,9 +88,21 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
                 return ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
         commit_tid = datasync ? ei->i_datasync_tid : ei->i_sync_tid;
-        if (jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid))
+        if (jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid)) {
+                /*
+                 * When the journal is on a different device than the
+                 * fs data disk, we need to issue the barrier in
+                 * writeback mode.  (In ordered mode, the jbd2 layer
+                 * will take care of issuing the barrier.  In
+                 * data=journal, all of the data blocks are written to
+                 * the journal device.)
+                 */
+                if (ext4_should_writeback_data(inode) &&
+                    (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
+                    (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+                        blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
                 jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
-        else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
+        } else if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER)
                 blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
         return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ab807963a614..84eeb8f515a3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1043,43 +1043,47 @@ static int ext4_calc_metadata_amount(struct inode *inode, int blocks)
         return ext4_indirect_calc_metadata_amount(inode, blocks);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Called with i_data_sem down, which is important since we can call
+ * ext4_discard_preallocations() from here.
+ */
 static void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int used)
 {
         struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
-        int total, mdb, mdb_free, mdb_claim = 0;
-
-        spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
-        /* recalculate the number of metablocks still need to be reserved */
-        total = EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks - used;
-        mdb = ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, total);
-
-        /* figure out how many metablocks to release */
-        BUG_ON(mdb > EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks);
-        mdb_free = EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks - mdb;
-
-        if (mdb_free) {
-                /* Account for allocated meta_blocks */
-                mdb_claim = EXT4_I(inode)->i_allocated_meta_blocks;
-                BUG_ON(mdb_free < mdb_claim);
-                mdb_free -= mdb_claim;
-
-                /* update fs dirty blocks counter */
+        struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
+        int mdb_free = 0;
+
+        spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+        if (unlikely(used > ei->i_reserved_data_blocks)) {
+                ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_NOTICE, "%s: ino %lu, used %d "
+                         "with only %d reserved data blocks\n",
+                         __func__, inode->i_ino, used,
+                         ei->i_reserved_data_blocks);
+                WARN_ON(1);
+                used = ei->i_reserved_data_blocks;
+        }
+
+        /* Update per-inode reservations */
+        ei->i_reserved_data_blocks -= used;
+        used += ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks;
+        ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks -= ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks;
+        ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks = 0;
+        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, used);
+
+        if (ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) {
+                /*
+                 * We can release all of the reserved metadata blocks
+                 * only when we have written all of the delayed
+                 * allocation blocks.
+                 */
+                mdb_free = ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks;
                 percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, mdb_free);
-                EXT4_I(inode)->i_allocated_meta_blocks = 0;
-                EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks = mdb;
+                ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks = 0;
         }
-
-        /* update per-inode reservations */
-        BUG_ON(used  > EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks);
-        EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks -= used;
-        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, used + mdb_claim);
         spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
-        vfs_dq_claim_block(inode, used + mdb_claim);
-
-        /*
-         * free those over-booking quota for metadata blocks
-         */
+        /* Update quota subsystem */
+        vfs_dq_claim_block(inode, used);
         if (mdb_free)
                 vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, mdb_free);
 
@@ -1088,7 +1092,8 @@ static void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int used)
          * there aren't any writers on the inode, we can discard the
          * inode's preallocations.
          */
-        if (!total && (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 0))
+        if ((ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) &&
+            (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) == 0))
                 ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 }
 
@@ -1801,7 +1806,8 @@ static int ext4_da_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks)
 {
         int retries = 0;
         struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
-        unsigned long md_needed, mdblocks, total = 0;
+        struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
+        unsigned long md_needed, md_reserved, total = 0;
 
         /*
          * recalculate the amount of metadata blocks to reserve
@@ -1809,35 +1815,44 @@ static int ext4_da_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks)
          * worse case is one extent per block
          */
 repeat:
-        spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
-        total = EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks + nrblocks;
-        mdblocks = ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, total);
-        BUG_ON(mdblocks < EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks);
-
-        md_needed = mdblocks - EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks;
+        spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+        md_reserved = ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks;
+        md_needed = ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, nrblocks);
         total = md_needed + nrblocks;
-        spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
+        spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
         /*
          * Make quota reservation here to prevent quota overflow
          * later. Real quota accounting is done at pages writeout
          * time.
          */
-        if (vfs_dq_reserve_block(inode, total))
+        if (vfs_dq_reserve_block(inode, total)) {
+                /* 
+                 * We tend to badly over-estimate the amount of
+                 * metadata blocks which are needed, so if we have
+                 * reserved any metadata blocks, try to force out the
+                 * inode and see if we have any better luck.
+                 */
+                if (md_reserved && retries++ <= 3)
+                        goto retry;
                 return -EDQUOT;
+        }
 
         if (ext4_claim_free_blocks(sbi, total)) {
                 vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, total);
                 if (ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)) {
+                retry:
+                        if (md_reserved)
+                                write_inode_now(inode, (retries == 3));
                         yield();
                         goto repeat;
                 }
                 return -ENOSPC;
         }
-        spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
-        EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks += nrblocks;
-        EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks += md_needed;
-        spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
+        spin_lock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
+        ei->i_reserved_data_blocks += nrblocks;
+        ei->i_reserved_meta_blocks += md_needed;
+        spin_unlock(&ei->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
         return 0;       /* success */
 }
@@ -1845,49 +1860,45 @@ repeat:
 static void ext4_da_release_space(struct inode *inode, int to_free)
 {
         struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb);
-        int total, mdb, mdb_free, release;
+        struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
         if (!to_free)
                 return;         /* Nothing to release, exit */
 
         spin_lock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
-        if (!EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks) {
+        if (unlikely(to_free > ei->i_reserved_data_blocks)) {
                 /*
-                 * if there is no reserved blocks, but we try to free some
-                 * then the counter is messed up somewhere.
-                 * but since this function is called from invalidate
-                 * page, it's harmless to return without any action
+                 * if there aren't enough reserved blocks, then the
+                 * counter is messed up somewhere.  Since this
+                 * function is called from invalidate page, it's
+                 * harmless to return without any action.
                  */
-                printk(KERN_INFO "ext4 delalloc try to release %d reserved "
-                            "blocks for inode %lu, but there is no reserved "
-                            "data blocks\n", to_free, inode->i_ino);
-                spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
-                return;
+                ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_NOTICE, "ext4_da_release_space: "
+                         "ino %lu, to_free %d with only %d reserved "
+                         "data blocks\n", inode->i_ino, to_free,
+                         ei->i_reserved_data_blocks);
+                WARN_ON(1);
+                to_free = ei->i_reserved_data_blocks;
         }
+        ei->i_reserved_data_blocks -= to_free;
 
-        /* recalculate the number of metablocks still need to be reserved */
-        total = EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks - to_free;
-        mdb = ext4_calc_metadata_amount(inode, total);
-
-        /* figure out how many metablocks to release */
-        BUG_ON(mdb > EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks);
-        mdb_free = EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks - mdb;
-
-        release = to_free + mdb_free;
-
-        /* update fs dirty blocks counter for truncate case */
-        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, release);
+        if (ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0) {
+                /*
+                 * We can release all of the reserved metadata blocks
+                 * only when we have written all of the delayed
+                 * allocation blocks.
+                 */
+                to_free += ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks;
+                ei->i_allocated_meta_blocks = 0;
+        }
 
-        /* update per-inode reservations */
-        BUG_ON(to_free > EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks);
-        EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_data_blocks -= to_free;
+        /* update fs dirty blocks counter */
+        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter, to_free);
 
-        BUG_ON(mdb > EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks);
-        EXT4_I(inode)->i_reserved_meta_blocks = mdb;
         spin_unlock(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_block_reservation_lock);
 
-        vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, release);
+        vfs_dq_release_reservation_block(inode, to_free);
 }
 
 static void ext4_da_page_release_reservation(struct page *page,
@@ -2967,8 +2978,7 @@ retry:
 out_writepages:
         if (!no_nrwrite_index_update)
                 wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update = 0;
-        if (wbc->nr_to_write > nr_to_writebump)
-                wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_to_writebump;
+        wbc->nr_to_write -= nr_to_writebump;
         wbc->range_start = range_start;
         trace_ext4_da_writepages_result(inode, wbc, ret, pages_written);
         return ret;
@@ -2993,11 +3003,18 @@ static int ext4_nonda_switch(struct super_block *sb)
         if (2 * free_blocks < 3 * dirty_blocks ||
                 free_blocks < (dirty_blocks + EXT4_FREEBLOCKS_WATERMARK)) {
                 /*
-                 * free block count is less that 150% of dirty blocks
-                 * or free blocks is less that watermark
+                 * free block count is less than 150% of dirty blocks
+                 * or free blocks is less than watermark
                  */
                 return 1;
         }
+        /*
+         * Even if we don't switch but are nearing capacity,
+         * start pushing delalloc when 1/2 of free blocks are dirty.
+         */
+        if (free_blocks < 2 * dirty_blocks)
+                writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(sb);
+
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
index 0ca811061bc7..436521cae456 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include "ext4_jbd2.h"
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 6ed9aa91f27d..7cccb35c0f4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2174,9 +2174,9 @@ static ssize_t lifetime_write_kbytes_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
         struct super_block *sb = sbi->s_buddy_cache->i_sb;
 
         return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%llu\n",
-                        sbi->s_kbytes_written + 
+                        (unsigned long long)(sbi->s_kbytes_written +
                         ((part_stat_read(sb->s_bdev->bd_part, sectors[1]) -
-                          EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sectors_written_start) >> 1));
+                          EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sectors_written_start) >> 1)));
 }
 
 static ssize_t inode_readahead_blks_store(struct ext4_attr *a,
@@ -4005,6 +4005,7 @@ static inline void unregister_as_ext2(void)
 {
         unregister_filesystem(&ext2_fs_type);
 }
+MODULE_ALIAS("ext2");
 #else
 static inline void register_as_ext2(void) { }
 static inline void unregister_as_ext2(void) { }
@@ -4031,6 +4032,7 @@ static inline void unregister_as_ext3(void)
 {
         unregister_filesystem(&ext3_fs_type);
 }
+MODULE_ALIAS("ext3");
 #else
 static inline void register_as_ext3(void) { }
 static inline void unregister_as_ext3(void) { }
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 83218bebbc7c..f3a2f7ed45aa 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1332,6 +1332,8 @@ retry:
                         goto cleanup;
                 kfree(b_entry_name);
                 kfree(buffer);
+                b_entry_name = NULL;
+                buffer = NULL;
                 brelse(is->iloc.bh);
                 kfree(is);
                 kfree(bs);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 49bc1b8e8f19..f6c2155e0026 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,23 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
 
 /**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle  -       start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ *
+ * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+        if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
+                writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+                return 1;
+        } else
+                return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
+
+/**
  * sync_inodes_sb       -       sync sb inode pages
  * @sb: the superblock
  *
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index ca0f5eb62b20..886849370950 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <linux/jbd2.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <trace/events/jbd2.h>
 
 /*
@@ -515,6 +516,20 @@ int jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
         journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
         journal->j_tail = blocknr;
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
+        /*
+         * If there is an external journal, we need to make sure that
+         * any data blocks that were recently written out --- perhaps
+         * by jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() --- are flushed out before we
+         * drop the transactions from the external journal.  It's
+         * unlikely this will be necessary, especially with a
+         * appropriately sized journal, but we need this to guarantee
+         * correctness.  Fortunately jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail()
+         * doesn't get called all that often.
+         */
+        if ((journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
+            (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+                blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, NULL);
         if (!(journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT))
                 jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
         return 0;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 6a10238d2c63..1bc74b6f26d2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ static int journal_submit_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
                         ret = err;
                 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
                 J_ASSERT(jinode->i_transaction == commit_transaction);
+                commit_transaction->t_flushed_data_blocks = 1;
                 jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
                 wake_up_bit(&jinode->i_flags, __JI_COMMIT_RUNNING);
         }
@@ -708,8 +709,17 @@ start_journal_io:
                 }
         }
 
-        /* Done it all: now write the commit record asynchronously. */
+        /* 
+         * If the journal is not located on the file system device,
+         * then we must flush the file system device before we issue
+         * the commit record
+         */
+        if (commit_transaction->t_flushed_data_blocks &&
+            (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev) &&
+            (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+                blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, NULL);
 
+        /* Done it all: now write the commit record asynchronously. */
         if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
                                       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
                 err = journal_submit_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction,
@@ -720,13 +730,6 @@ start_journal_io:
                         blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_dev, NULL);
         }
 
-        /*
-         * This is the right place to wait for data buffers both for ASYNC
-         * and !ASYNC commit. If commit is ASYNC, we need to wait only after
-         * the commit block went to disk (which happens above). If commit is
-         * SYNC, we need to wait for data buffers before we start writing
-         * commit block, which happens below in such setting.
-         */
         err = journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction);
         if (err) {
                 printk(KERN_WARNING
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 17af879e6e9e..ac0d027595d0 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
         journal_t *journal;
         int err;
 
-        journal = kzalloc(sizeof(*journal), GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_NOFAIL);
+        journal = kzalloc(sizeof(*journal), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!journal)
                 goto fail;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h
index f1011f7f3d41..638ce4554c76 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ struct transaction_s
          * waiting for it to finish.
          */
         unsigned int t_synchronous_commit:1;
+        unsigned int t_flushed_data_blocks:1;
 
         /*
          * For use by the filesystem to store fs-specific data
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index c18c008f4bbf..76e8903cd204 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
 struct bdi_writeback;
 int inode_wait(void *);
 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
 void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);