---

yaml
---
r: 125835
b: refs/heads/master
c: 90e86a6
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  125833: 65137ed
  125831: d5a2116
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 12c77527e4138bc3b17d17b0e0c909e4fc84924f
+refs/heads/master: 90e86a63eadf1a3b2f19b68d82150dc63fe01443

trunk/fs/ocfs2/journal.c

@@ -256,11 +256,9 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int max_buffs)
 	BUG_ON(osb->journal->j_state == OCFS2_JOURNAL_FREE);
 	BUG_ON(max_buffs <= 0);
 
-	/* JBD might support this, but our journalling code doesn't yet. */
-	if (journal_current_handle()) {
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Recursive transaction attempted!\n");
-		BUG();
-	}
+	/* Nested transaction? Just return the handle... */
+	if (journal_current_handle())
+		return jbd2_journal_start(journal, max_buffs);
 
 	down_read(&osb->journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
@@ -285,16 +283,18 @@ handle_t *ocfs2_start_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int max_buffs)
 int ocfs2_commit_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 		       handle_t *handle)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, nested;
 	struct ocfs2_journal *journal = osb->journal;
 
 	BUG_ON(!handle);
 
+	nested = handle->h_ref > 1;
 	ret = jbd2_journal_stop(handle);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
-	up_read(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
+	if (!nested)
+		up_read(&journal->j_trans_barrier);
 
 	return ret;
 }