linux-ext4 - [PATCH RFC 5/8] ext4: use super write guard in write_mmp

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Message-Id: <20251104-work-guards-v1-5-5108ac78a171@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:12:34 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, 
 linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 5/8] ext4: use super write guard in write_mmp_block()

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
---
 fs/ext4/mmp.c | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index ab1ff51302fb..6f57c181ff77 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -57,16 +57,12 @@ static int write_mmp_block_thawed(struct super_block *sb,
 
 static int write_mmp_block(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	/*
 	 * We protect against freezing so that we don't create dirty buffers
 	 * on frozen filesystem.
 	 */
-	sb_start_write(sb);
-	err = write_mmp_block_thawed(sb, bh);
-	sb_end_write(sb);
-	return err;
+	scoped_guard(super_write, sb)
+		return write_mmp_block_thawed(sb, bh);
 }
 
 /*

-- 
2.47.3