jbd2: Call journal commit callback without holding j_list_lock
Avoid freeing the transaction in __jbd2_journal_drop_transaction() so
the journal commit callback can run without holding j_list_lock, to
avoid lock contention on this spinlock.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
index adc08ec..17159ca 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/checkpoint.c
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@
safely remove this transaction from the log */
__jbd2_journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
+ kfree(transaction);
/* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
checkpointed... */
@@ -756,5 +757,4 @@
J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction != transaction);
jbd_debug(1, "Dropping transaction %d, all done\n", transaction->t_tid);
- kfree(transaction);
}