[PATCH v3 2/4] ext4: use jbd2 jinode dirty range accessor

From: Li Chen

Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 04:26:10 EST


ext4 journal commit callbacks access jbd2_inode dirty range fields without
holding journal->j_list_lock.
Use jbd2_jinode_get_dirty_range() to get the range in bytes, and read
i_transaction with READ_ONCE() in the redirty check.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
---
Changes since v2:
- Use jbd2_jinode_get_dirty_range() instead of direct i_dirty_* reads.
- Drop per-caller page->byte conversion (now handled by the accessor).

fs/ext4/inode.c | 10 ++++++++--
fs/ext4/super.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index da96db5f23450..f87d35bda9276 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3031,17 +3031,23 @@ static int ext4_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,

int ext4_normal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
{
+ loff_t range_start, range_end;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
- .range_start = jinode->i_dirty_start,
- .range_end = jinode->i_dirty_end,
};
struct mpage_da_data mpd = {
.inode = jinode->i_vfs_inode,
.wbc = &wbc,
.can_map = 0,
};
+
+ if (!jbd2_jinode_get_dirty_range(jinode, &range_start, &range_end))
+ return 0;
+
+ wbc.range_start = range_start;
+ wbc.range_end = range_end;
+
return ext4_do_writepages(&mpd);
}

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 69eb63dde9839..685951cd58394 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
{
struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
struct journal_head *jh;
+ transaction_t *trans = READ_ONCE(jinode->i_transaction);

bh = head = folio_buffers(folio);
do {
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
*/
jh = bh2jh(bh);
if (buffer_dirty(bh) ||
- (jh && (jh->b_transaction != jinode->i_transaction ||
+ (jh && (jh->b_transaction != trans ||
jh->b_next_transaction)))
return true;
} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
@@ -550,15 +551,20 @@ static bool ext4_journalled_writepage_needs_redirty(struct jbd2_inode *jinode,
static int ext4_journalled_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode)
{
struct address_space *mapping = jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping;
+ loff_t range_start, range_end;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
- .range_start = jinode->i_dirty_start,
- .range_end = jinode->i_dirty_end,
- };
+ };
struct folio *folio = NULL;
int error;

+ if (!jbd2_jinode_get_dirty_range(jinode, &range_start, &range_end))
+ return 0;
+
+ wbc.range_start = range_start;
+ wbc.range_end = range_end;
+
/*
* writeback_iter() already checks for dirty pages and calls
* folio_clear_dirty_for_io(), which we want to write protect the
--
2.52.0