linux-ext4 - [PATCH v2 11/22] jbd2: don't touch buffer state until it is filled

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Date:   Thu,  5 Nov 2020 19:59:00 -0800
From:   Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tytso@....edu, Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v2 11/22] jbd2: don't touch buffer state until it is filled

Fast commit buffers should be filled in before toucing their
state. Remove code that sets buffer state as dirty before the buffer
is passed to the file system.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>
---
 fs/jbd2/journal.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 59166e299cde..b5fbcd1b444c 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -891,11 +891,7 @@ int jbd2_fc_get_buf(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head **bh_out)
 	if (!bh)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	lock_buffer(bh);
 
-	clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	unlock_buffer(bh);
 	journal->j_fc_wbuf[fc_off] = bh;
 
 	*bh_out = bh;
-- 
2.29.1.341.ge80a0c044ae-goog