[RFC PATCH 2/2] jbd: Stabilize pages during writes when in orderedmode

[Darrick J. Wong]

When writing buffers out to disk ahead of committing a transaction, set the
Stable bit on the page to prevent others from wandering in and modifying the
page.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/jbd/commit.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index 86b39b1..b1f0eed 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -155,13 +155,29 @@ static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 	return (ret == -EIO);
 }
 
+static void end_stable_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
+{
+	clear_page_stable(bh->b_page);
+	end_buffer_write_sync(bh, uptodate);
+}
+
 static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs,
 				   int write_op)
 {
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < bufs; i++) {
-		wbuf[i]->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+		struct page *p = wbuf[i]->b_page;
+		if (TestSetPageStable(p))
+			wbuf[i]->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+		else
+			wbuf[i]->b_end_io = end_stable_write_sync;
+
+		if (trylock_page(p)) {
+			clear_page_dirty_for_io(p);
+			unlock_page(p);
+		}
+
 		/* We use-up our safety reference in submit_bh() */
 		submit_bh(write_op, wbuf[i]);
 	}
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