1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 6986f334c643..39b5cee3dd8a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -867,10 +867,10 @@ restart_loop:
         }
         spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
         /*
-         * This is a bit sleazy.  We borrow j_list_lock to protect
-         * journal->j_committing_transaction in __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint.
-         * Really, __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint should be using j_state_lock but
-         * it's a bit hassle to hold that across __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint
+         * This is a bit sleazy.  We use j_list_lock to protect transition
+         * of a transaction into T_FINISHED state and calling
+         * __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(). Otherwise we could race with
+         * other checkpointing code processing the transaction...
          */
         spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
         spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);