Merging upstream version 6.9.8.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 86807086b2..530fba34f6 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -446,6 +446,23 @@ bail:
 }
 
 /*
+ * Make sure handle has at least 'nblocks' credits available. If it does not
+ * have that many credits available, we will try to extend the handle to have
+ * enough credits. If that fails, we will restart transaction to have enough
+ * credits. Similar notes regarding data consistency and locking implications
+ * as for ocfs2_extend_trans() apply here.
+ */
+int ocfs2_assure_trans_credits(handle_t *handle, int nblocks)
+{
+	int old_nblks = jbd2_handle_buffer_credits(handle);
+
+	trace_ocfs2_assure_trans_credits(old_nblks);
+	if (old_nblks >= nblocks)
+		return 0;
+	return ocfs2_extend_trans(handle, nblocks - old_nblks);
+}
+
+/*
  * If we have fewer than thresh credits, extend by OCFS2_MAX_TRANS_DATA.
  * If that fails, restart the transaction & regain write access for the
  * buffer head which is used for metadata modifications.