1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index eb0b4e0d517b..cd098a7b77fc 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2903,6 +2903,10 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
         struct buffer_head *bh = iloc->bh;
         int err = 0, rc, block;
 
+again:
+        /* we can't allow multiple procs in here at once, its a bit racey */
+        lock_buffer(bh);
+
         /* For fields not not tracking in the in-memory inode,
          * initialise them to zero for new inodes. */
         if (ei->i_state & EXT3_STATE_NEW)
@@ -2962,16 +2966,20 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
                                /* If this is the first large file
                                 * created, add a flag to the superblock.
                                 */
+                                unlock_buffer(bh);
                                 err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle,
                                                 EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
                                 if (err)
                                         goto out_brelse;
+
                                 ext3_update_dynamic_rev(sb);
                                 EXT3_SET_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
                                         EXT3_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE);
                                 handle->h_sync = 1;
                                 err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle,
                                                 EXT3_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
+                                /* get our lock and start over */
+                                goto again;
                         }
                 }
         }
@@ -2994,6 +3002,7 @@ static int ext3_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
                 raw_inode->i_extra_isize = cpu_to_le16(ei->i_extra_isize);
 
         BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
+        unlock_buffer(bh);
         rc = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, bh);
         if (!err)
                 err = rc;