linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] jbd2: modify assert condition in __journal_remove_journal

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:26:23 +0800
From:   Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@...wei.com>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jbd2: modify assert condition in
 __journal_remove_journal_head


On 2020/1/22 16:50, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Wed 22-01-20 02:05:48, Shijie Luo wrote:
>> Only when jh->b_jcount = 0 in jbd2_journal_put_journal_head, we are allowed
>> to call __journal_remove_journal_head.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@...wei.com>
> Thanks for the patch. You're right but given that
> __journal_remove_journal_head() has exactly one caller and that checks for
> jh->b_jcount == 0 just before calling __journal_remove_journal_head(), I
> think the assertion is pretty pointless. So I'd rather just remove it
> completely.
>
> 								Honza
Thanks for your review. It 's much better to remove the assertion.
>> ---
>>   fs/jbd2/journal.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> index 5e408ee24a1a..4f417a7f1ae0 100644
>> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
>> @@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ static void __journal_remove_journal_head(struct buffer_head *bh)
>>   {
>>   	struct journal_head *jh = bh2jh(bh);
>>   
>> -	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_jcount >= 0);
>> +	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_jcount == 0);
>>   	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_transaction == NULL);
>>   	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_next_transaction == NULL);
>>   	J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_cp_transaction == NULL);
>> -- 
>> 2.19.1
>>