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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index d0e5ef7e232e..f6169611270f 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1818,7 +1818,11 @@ int f2fs_issue_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
llist_add(&req.llnode, &cprc->issue_list);
atomic_inc(&cprc->queued_ckpt);
- /* update issue_list before we wake up issue_checkpoint thread */
+ /*
+ * update issue_list before we wake up issue_checkpoint thread,
+ * this smp_mb() pairs with another barrier in ___wait_event(),
+ * see more details in comments of waitqueue_active().
+ */
smp_mb();
if (waitqueue_active(&cprc->ckpt_wait_queue))