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-rw-r--r--fs/btrfs/inode.c17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index bb5de52cbc09..be167f5ec433 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -8322,13 +8322,13 @@ static void btrfs_end_dio_bio(struct bio *bio)
err = dip->subio_endio(dip->inode, btrfs_io_bio(bio), err);
if (err) {
- dip->errors = 1;
-
/*
- * before atomic variable goto zero, we must make sure
- * dip->errors is perceived to be set.
+ * We want to perceive the errors flag being set before
+ * decrementing the reference count. We don't need a barrier
+ * since atomic operations with a return value are fully
+ * ordered as per atomic_t.txt
*/
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
+ dip->errors = 1;
}
/* if there are more bios still pending for this dio, just exit */
@@ -8516,10 +8516,11 @@ submit:
out_err:
dip->errors = 1;
/*
- * before atomic variable goto zero, we must
- * make sure dip->errors is perceived to be set.
+ * Before atomic variable goto zero, we must make sure dip->errors is
+ * perceived to be set. This ordering is ensured by the fact that an
+ * atomic operations with a return value are fully ordered as per
+ * atomic_t.txt
*/
- smp_mb__before_atomic();
if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dip->pending_bios))
bio_io_error(dip->orig_bio);