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btrfs: remove pointless barrier from btrfs_sync_file()
authorFilipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Wed, 4 Oct 2023 10:38:52 +0000 (11:38 +0100)
committerDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:44:18 +0000 (16:44 +0200)
commit5ca1949b79f3b02215f1c075bf178fceeadda352
tree305dd58a33c044e7a6e583dd8f7e3bcf8e3a2c03
parent0124855ff18b9bdfe6aec87f7b29d3fdc6f575db
btrfs: remove pointless barrier from btrfs_sync_file()

The memory barrier (smp_mb()) at btrfs_sync_file() is completely redundant
now that fs_info->last_trans_committed is read using READ_ONCE(), with the
helper btrfs_get_last_trans_committed(), and written using WRITE_ONCE()
with the helper btrfs_set_last_trans_committed().

This barrier was introduced in 2011, by commit a4abeea41adf ("Btrfs: kill
trans_mutex"), but even back then it was not correct since the writer side
(in btrfs_commit_transaction()), did not issue a pairing memory barrier
after it updated fs_info->last_trans_committed.

So remove this barrier.

Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
fs/btrfs/file.c