linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/jbd2: use a weaker annotation in journal handling

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Message-ID: <176340680642.138575.1743360049600398198.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:13:30 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: jack@...e.com, Byungchul Park <byungchul@...com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, kernel_team@...ynix.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/jbd2: use a weaker annotation in journal handling


On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:39:40 +0900, Byungchul Park wrote:
> jbd2 journal handling code doesn't want jbd2_might_wait_for_commit()
> to be placed between start_this_handle() and stop_this_handle().  So it
> marks the region with rwsem_acquire_read() and rwsem_release().
> 
> However, the annotation is too strong for that purpose.  We don't have
> to use more than try lock annotation for that.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] fs/jbd2: use a weaker annotation in journal handling
      commit: 40a71b53d5a6d4ea17e4d54b99b2ac03a7f5e783

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>