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: (33 commits)
  ext4: Regularize mount options
  ext4: fix locking typo in mballoc which could cause soft lockup hangs
  ext4: fix typo which causes a memory leak on error path
  jbd2: Update locking coments
  ext4: Rename pa_linear to pa_type
  ext4: add checks of block references for non-extent inodes
  ext4: Check for an valid i_mode when reading the inode from disk
  ext4: Use WRITE_SYNC for commits which are caused by fsync()
  ext4: Add auto_da_alloc mount option
  ext4: Use struct flex_groups to calculate get_orlov_stats()
  ext4: Use atomic_t's in struct flex_groups
  ext4: remove /proc tuning knobs
  ext4: Add sysfs support
  ext4: Track lifetime disk writes
  ext4: Fix discard of inode prealloc space with delayed allocation.
  ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on rename
  ext4: Automatically allocate delay allocated blocks on close
  ext4: add EXT4_IOC_ALLOC_DA_BLKS ioctl
  ext4: Simplify delalloc code by removing mpage_da_writepages()
  ext4: Save stack space by removing fake buffer heads
  ...

3 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 62804e57a44c..4ea72377c7a2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         int tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
         struct buffer_head *cbh = NULL; /* For transactional checksums */
         __u32 crc32_sum = ~0;
+        int write_op = WRITE;
 
         /*
          * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         commit_transaction->t_state = T_LOCKED;
 
+        if (commit_transaction->t_synchronous_commit)
+                write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
         stats.u.run.rs_wait = commit_transaction->t_max_wait;
         stats.u.run.rs_locked = jiffies;
         stats.u.run.rs_running = jbd2_time_diff(commit_transaction->t_start,
@@ -680,7 +683,7 @@ start_journal_io:
                                 clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                 set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                 bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-                                submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                                submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                         }
                         cond_resched();
                         stats.u.run.rs_blocks_logged += bufs;
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
index 257ff2625765..bbe6d592d8b3 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/revoke.c
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@
  *                      need do nothing.
  * RevokeValid set, Revoked set:
  *                      buffer has been revoked.
+ *
+ * Locking rules:
+ * We keep two hash tables of revoke records. One hashtable belongs to the
+ * running transaction (is pointed to by journal->j_revoke), the other one
+ * belongs to the committing transaction. Accesses to the second hash table
+ * happen only from the kjournald and no other thread touches this table.  Also
+ * journal_switch_revoke_table() which switches which hashtable belongs to the
+ * running and which to the committing transaction is called only from
+ * kjournald. Therefore we need no locks when accessing the hashtable belonging
+ * to the committing transaction.
+ *
+ * All users operating on the hash table belonging to the running transaction
+ * have a handle to the transaction. Therefore they are safe from kjournald
+ * switching hash tables under them. For operations on the lists of entries in
+ * the hash table j_revoke_lock is used.
+ *
+ * Finally, also replay code uses the hash tables but at this moment noone else
+ * can touch them (filesystem isn't mounted yet) and hence no locking is
+ * needed.
  */
 
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
@@ -401,8 +420,6 @@ int jbd2_journal_revoke(handle_t *handle, unsigned long long blocknr,
  * the second time we would still have a pending revoke to cancel.  So,
  * do not trust the Revoked bit on buffers unless RevokeValid is also
  * set.
- *
- * The caller must have the journal locked.
  */
 int jbd2_journal_cancel_revoke(handle_t *handle, struct journal_head *jh)
 {
@@ -480,10 +497,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_switch_revoke_table(journal_t *journal)
 /*
  * Write revoke records to the journal for all entries in the current
  * revoke hash, deleting the entries as we go.
- *
- * Called with the journal lock held.
  */
-
 void jbd2_journal_write_revoke_records(journal_t *journal,
                                   transaction_t *transaction)
 {
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index 28ce21d8598e..996ffda06bf3 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,8 @@ int jbd2_journal_stop(handle_t *handle)
                 }
         }
 
+        if (handle->h_sync)
+                transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
         current->journal_info = NULL;
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);