while (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != NULL) {
spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
- jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal);
+ err = jbd2_log_do_checkpoint(journal);
mutex_unlock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex);
+ /*
+ * If checkpointing failed, just free the buffers to avoid
+ * looping forever
+ */
+ if (err) {
+ jbd2_journal_destroy_checkpoint(journal);
+ spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+ break;
+ }
spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
}