2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ (cherry picked from commit f3dc272fd5e2ae08244796bb39e7e1ce4b25d3b3) This patch a problem that ext4_dirty_inode() was not calling ext4_mark_inode_dirty() if the current_handle is not valid, which it is the case in no journal mode. It also removes a test for non-matching transaction which can never happen. Signed-off-by: Curt Wohlgemuth Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 19 ++++--------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -5605,24 +5605,13 @@ void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *inod handle_t *current_handle = ext4_journal_current_handle(); handle_t *handle; - if (!ext4_handle_valid(current_handle)) { - ext4_mark_inode_dirty(current_handle, inode); - return; - } - handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2); if (IS_ERR(handle)) goto out; - if (current_handle && - current_handle->h_transaction != handle->h_transaction) { - /* This task has a transaction open against a different fs */ - printk(KERN_EMERG "%s: transactions do not match!\n", - __func__); - } else { - jbd_debug(5, "marking dirty. outer handle=%p\n", - current_handle); - ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); - } + + jbd_debug(5, "marking dirty. outer handle=%p\n", current_handle); + ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); + ext4_journal_stop(handle); out: return; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/