linux-ext4 - [PATCH v4 05/20] jbd2: disable fast commits if journal is empty

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Date:   Tue, 24 Dec 2019 00:13:09 -0800
From:   Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 05/20] jbd2: disable fast commits if journal is empty

If journal is empty, clear the fast commit flag from the on disk
superblock. With this optimization, chances of running into backward
compatibility issues are reduced.

Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/journal.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 32f14be5065a..7d91f5204366 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,7 @@ int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
+	bool had_fast_commit = false;
 
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
 	lock_buffer(journal->j_sb_buffer);
@@ -1477,9 +1478,20 @@ static void jbd2_mark_journal_empty(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
 
 	sb->s_sequence = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_tail_sequence);
 	sb->s_start    = cpu_to_be32(0);
+	if (jbd2_has_feature_fast_commit(journal)) {
+		/*
+		 * When journal is clean, no need to commit fast commit flag and
+		 * make file system incompatible with older kernels.
+		 */
+		jbd2_clear_feature_fast_commit(journal);
+		had_fast_commit = true;
+	}
 
 	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
 
+	if (had_fast_commit)
+		jbd2_set_feature_fast_commit(journal);
+
 	/* Log is no longer empty */
 	write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	journal->j_flags |= JBD2_FLUSHED;
-- 
2.24.1.735.g03f4e72817-goog