The functions metapage_writepage() and lmPostGC() can be concurrently 
executed in the following call contexts:

Thread1:
  metapage_writepage()

Thread2:
  lbmIODone()
    lmPostGC()

In metapage_writepage():
  if (mp->log && !(mp->log->cflag & logGC_PAGEOUT))

In lmPostGC():
  spin_lock_irqsave(&log->gclock, flags);
  ...
  log->cflag &= ~logGC_PAGEOUT
  ...
  spin_unlock_irqrestore(&log->gclock, flags);

The memory addresses of mp->log->cflag and log->cflag can be identical,
and thus a data race can occur.

This data race is found by our concurrency fuzzer.

Thus use the spin lock "mp->log->gclock" for the assignment of 
the data structure member "log->cflag" to a local variable 
in this function implementation.

Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com>
---
v2:
* Change the description.
  Thank Markus Elfring for good advice.

---
 fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
index a2f5338a5ea1..026c11b2572d 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static int metapage_writepage(struct page *page, struct 
writeback_control *wbc)
        unsigned long bio_offset = 0;
        int offset;
        int bad_blocks = 0;
+       uint cflag;
 
        page_start = (sector_t)page->index <<
                     (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
@@ -370,8 +371,14 @@ static int metapage_writepage(struct page *page, struct 
writeback_control *wbc)
                         * Make sure this page isn't blocked indefinitely.
                         * If the journal isn't undergoing I/O, push it
                         */
-                       if (mp->log && !(mp->log->cflag & logGC_PAGEOUT))
-                               jfs_flush_journal(mp->log, 0);
+
+                       if (mp->log) {
+                               spin_lock_irq(&mp->log->gclock);
+                               cflag = mp->log->cflag;
+                               spin_unlock_irq(&mp->log->gclock);
+                               if (!(cflag & logGC_PAGEOUT))
+                                       jfs_flush_journal(mp->log, 0);
+                       }
                        continue;
                }
 
-- 
2.17.1

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