[PATCH 3/3] ocfs2: use READ_ONCE for lockless jinode reads

From: Li Chen

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 22:15:31 EST


ocfs2 journal commit callback reads jbd2_inode dirty range fields without
holding journal->j_list_lock.

Use READ_ONCE() for these reads to correct the concurrency assumptions.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
---
fs/ocfs2/journal.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 85239807dec7..7032284cdbd6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -902,8 +902,11 @@ int ocfs2_journal_alloc(struct ocfs2_super *osb)

static int ocfs2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
{
- return filemap_fdatawrite_range(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping,
- jinode->i_dirty_start, jinode->i_dirty_end);
+ struct address_space *mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
+ loff_t dirty_start = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_start);
+ loff_t dirty_end = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_dirty_end);
+
+ return filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, dirty_start, dirty_end);
}

int ocfs2_journal_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int *dirty)
--
2.52.0