Merge tag 'v3.10.60' into linux-linaro-lsk

This is the 3.10.60 stable release

25 files changed, 119 insertions, 71 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
index 3af77aa051d2..e4bcfec7787e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file-item.c
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ int btrfs_lookup_csums_range(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 start, u64 end,
 	ret = 0;
 fail:
 	while (ret < 0 && !list_empty(&tmplist)) {
-		sums = list_entry(&tmplist, struct btrfs_ordered_sum, list);
+		sums = list_entry(tmplist.next, struct btrfs_ordered_sum, list);
 		list_del(&sums->list);
 		kfree(sums);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 10fca21ee8aa..83fedaa53b55 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2018,6 +2018,7 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	loff_t old_size = inode->i_size;
 	int i_size_changed = 0;
 
 	copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
@@ -2037,6 +2038,8 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 	unlock_page(page);
 	page_cache_release(page);
 
+	if (old_size < pos)
+		pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, pos);
 	/*
 	 * Don't mark the inode dirty under page lock. First, it unnecessarily
 	 * makes the holding time of page lock longer. Second, it forces lock
@@ -2254,6 +2257,11 @@ static int cont_expand_zero(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 		err = 0;
 
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
+
+		if (unlikely(fatal_signal_pending(current))) {
+			err = -EINTR;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* page covers the boundary, find the boundary offset */
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 6356665a74bb..882d4bdfd428 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -1300,13 +1300,6 @@ set_qf_format:
 					"not specified.");
 			return 0;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (sbi->s_jquota_fmt) {
-			ext3_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: journaled quota format "
-					"specified with no journaling "
-					"enabled.");
-			return 0;
-		}
 	}
 #endif
 	return 1;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 790b14c5f262..e4c4ac07cc32 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2088,6 +2088,7 @@ int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle,
 #define CONVERT_INLINE_DATA	 2
 
 extern struct inode *ext4_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
+extern struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int  ext4_write_inode(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int  ext4_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int  ext4_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -2260,8 +2261,8 @@ extern int ext4_register_li_request(struct super_block *sb,
 static inline int ext4_has_group_desc_csum(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	return EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
-					  EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM |
-					  EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM);
+					  EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM) ||
+	       (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_chksum_driver != NULL);
 }
 
 static inline ext4_fsblk_t ext4_blocks_count(struct ext4_super_block *es)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 1ecd3a8c2444..4d4718cf25ab 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -793,6 +793,10 @@ got:
 		struct buffer_head *block_bitmap_bh;
 
 		block_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
+		if (!block_bitmap_bh) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "get block bitmap access");
 		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, block_bitmap_bh);
 		if (err) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index f9e11df768d5..e48bd5a1814b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2647,6 +2647,20 @@ static int ext4_nonda_switch(struct super_block *sb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* We always reserve for an inode update; the superblock could be there too */
+static int ext4_da_write_credits(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
+{
+	if (likely(EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(inode->i_sb,
+				EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE)))
+		return 1;
+
+	if (pos + len <= 0x7fffffffULL)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* We might need to update the superblock to set LARGE_FILE */
+	return 2;
+}
+
 static int ext4_da_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			       loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
 			       struct page **pagep, void **fsdata)
@@ -2697,7 +2711,8 @@ retry_grab:
 	 * of file which has an already mapped buffer.
 	 */
 retry_journal:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, 1);
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
+				ext4_da_write_credits(inode, pos, len));
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		page_cache_release(page);
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -4351,6 +4366,13 @@ bad_inode:
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+struct inode *ext4_iget_normal(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
+{
+	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) && ino != EXT4_ROOT_INO)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+	return ext4_iget(sb, ino);
+}
+
 static int ext4_inode_blocks_set(handle_t *handle,
 				struct ext4_inode *raw_inode,
 				struct ext4_inode_info *ei)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 42624a995b00..d4fd81c44f55 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -549,9 +549,17 @@ group_add_out:
 	}
 
 	case EXT4_IOC_SWAP_BOOT:
+	{
+		int err;
 		if (!(filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
 			return -EBADF;
-		return swap_inode_boot_loader(sb, inode);
+		err = mnt_want_write_file(filp);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		err = swap_inode_boot_loader(sb, inode);
+		mnt_drop_write_file(filp);
+		return err;
+	}
 
 	case EXT4_IOC_RESIZE_FS: {
 		ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index ab2f6dc44b3a..f1312173fa90 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
 					 dentry->d_name.name);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
-		inode = ext4_iget(dir->i_sb, ino);
+		inode = ext4_iget_normal(dir->i_sb, ino);
 		if (inode == ERR_PTR(-ESTALE)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir,
 					 "deleted inode referenced: %u",
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ struct dentry *ext4_get_parent(struct dentry *child)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 	}
 
-	return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
+	return d_obtain_alias(ext4_iget_normal(child->d_inode->i_sb, ino));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index c503850a61a8..a69bd74ed390 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static void update_backups(struct super_block *sb, int blk_off, char *data,
 			break;
 
 		if (meta_bg == 0)
-			backup_block = group * bpg + blk_off;
+			backup_block = ((ext4_fsblk_t)group) * bpg + blk_off;
 		else
 			backup_block = (ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, group) +
 					ext4_bg_has_super(sb, group));
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 1fc14f7a08b2..21a0b43a7d31 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ static struct inode *ext4_nfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
 	 * Currently we don't know the generation for parent directory, so
 	 * a generation of 0 means "accept any"
 	 */
-	inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino);
+	inode = ext4_iget_normal(sb, ino);
 	if (IS_ERR(inode))
 		return ERR_CAST(inode);
 	if (generation && inode->i_generation != generation) {
@@ -1632,13 +1632,6 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb,
 					"not specified");
 			return 0;
 		}
-	} else {
-		if (sbi->s_jquota_fmt) {
-			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "journaled quota format "
-					"specified with no journaling "
-					"enabled");
-			return 0;
-		}
 	}
 #endif
 	if (test_opt(sb, DIOREAD_NOLOCK)) {
@@ -1957,6 +1950,10 @@ static __le16 ext4_group_desc_csum(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, __u32 block_group,
 	}
 
 	/* old crc16 code */
+	if (!(sbi->s_es->s_feature_ro_compat &
+	      cpu_to_le32(EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM)))
+		return 0;
+
 	offset = offsetof(struct ext4_group_desc, bg_checksum);
 
 	crc = crc16(~0, sbi->s_es->s_uuid, sizeof(sbi->s_es->s_uuid));
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 298e9c8da364..a20816e7eb3a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -189,14 +189,28 @@ ext4_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t size)
 }
 
 static int
-ext4_xattr_check_names(struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, void *end)
+ext4_xattr_check_names(struct ext4_xattr_entry *entry, void *end,
+		       void *value_start)
 {
-	while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry)) {
-		struct ext4_xattr_entry *next = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(entry);
+	struct ext4_xattr_entry *e = entry;
+
+	while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(e)) {
+		struct ext4_xattr_entry *next = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(e);
 		if ((void *)next >= end)
 			return -EIO;
-		entry = next;
+		e = next;
 	}
+
+	while (!IS_LAST_ENTRY(entry)) {
+		if (entry->e_value_size != 0 &&
+		    (value_start + le16_to_cpu(entry->e_value_offs) <
+		     (void *)e + sizeof(__u32) ||
+		     value_start + le16_to_cpu(entry->e_value_offs) +
+		    le32_to_cpu(entry->e_value_size) > end))
+			return -EIO;
+		entry = EXT4_XATTR_NEXT(entry);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -213,7 +227,8 @@ ext4_xattr_check_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh)
 		return -EIO;
 	if (!ext4_xattr_block_csum_verify(inode, bh->b_blocknr, BHDR(bh)))
 		return -EIO;
-	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(BFIRST(bh), bh->b_data + bh->b_size);
+	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(BFIRST(bh), bh->b_data + bh->b_size,
+				       bh->b_data);
 	if (!error)
 		set_buffer_verified(bh);
 	return error;
@@ -329,7 +344,7 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	entry = IFIRST(header);
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
-	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(entry, end);
+	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(entry, end, entry);
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
 	error = ext4_xattr_find_entry(&entry, name_index, name,
@@ -457,7 +472,7 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_list(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 	raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&iloc);
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
-	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), end);
+	error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), end, IFIRST(header));
 	if (error)
 		goto cleanup;
 	error = ext4_xattr_list_entries(dentry, IFIRST(header),
@@ -972,7 +987,8 @@ int ext4_xattr_ibody_find(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
 	is->s.here = is->s.first;
 	is->s.end = (void *)raw_inode + EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size;
 	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR)) {
-		error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), is->s.end);
+		error = ext4_xattr_check_names(IFIRST(header), is->s.end,
+					       IFIRST(header));
 		if (error)
 			return error;
 		/* Find the named attribute. */
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
index 3bacc1909ddb..6e2fb5cbacde 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/recovery.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
 			    !jbd2_descr_block_csum_verify(journal,
 							  bh->b_data)) {
 				err = -EIO;
+				brelse(bh);
 				goto failed;
 			}
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
index 413ef89c2d1b..046fee8b6e9b 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ struct jffs2_sb_info {
 	struct rw_semaphore wbuf_sem;	/* Protects the write buffer */
 
 	struct delayed_work wbuf_dwork; /* write-buffer write-out work */
-	int wbuf_queued;                /* non-zero delayed work is queued */
-	spinlock_t wbuf_dwork_lock;     /* protects wbuf_dwork and and wbuf_queued */
 
 	unsigned char *oobbuf;
 	int oobavail; /* How many bytes are available for JFFS2 in OOB */
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index a6597d60d76d..09ed55190ee2 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -1162,10 +1162,6 @@ static void delayed_wbuf_sync(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = work_to_sb(work);
 	struct super_block *sb = OFNI_BS_2SFFJ(c);
 
-	spin_lock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-	c->wbuf_queued = 0;
-	spin_unlock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
 		jffs2_flush_wbuf_gc(c, 0);
@@ -1180,14 +1176,9 @@ void jffs2_dirty_trigger(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
-	if (!c->wbuf_queued) {
+	delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+	if (queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &c->wbuf_dwork, delay))
 		jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
-		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
-		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &c->wbuf_dwork, delay);
-		c->wbuf_queued = 1;
-	}
-	spin_unlock(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 }
 
 int jffs2_nand_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
@@ -1211,7 +1202,6 @@ int jffs2_nand_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 
 	/* Initialise write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 	c->wbuf_pagesize = c->mtd->writesize;
 	c->wbuf_ofs = 0xFFFFFFFF;
@@ -1251,7 +1241,6 @@ int jffs2_dataflash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 
 	/* Initialize write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 	c->wbuf_pagesize =  c->mtd->erasesize;
 
@@ -1311,7 +1300,6 @@ int jffs2_nor_wbuf_flash_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 
 	/* Initialize write buffer */
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 
 	c->wbuf_pagesize = c->mtd->writesize;
@@ -1346,7 +1334,6 @@ int jffs2_ubivol_setup(struct jffs2_sb_info *c) {
 		return 0;
 
 	init_rwsem(&c->wbuf_sem);
-	spin_lock_init(&c->wbuf_dwork_lock);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&c->wbuf_dwork, delayed_wbuf_sync);
 
 	c->wbuf_pagesize =  c->mtd->writesize;
diff --git a/fs/lockd/mon.c b/fs/lockd/mon.c
index 1812f026960c..6ae664b489af 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/mon.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/mon.c
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ static int nsm_mon_unmon(struct nsm_handle *nsm, u32 proc, struct nsm_res *res,
 
 	msg.rpc_proc = &clnt->cl_procinfo[proc];
 	status = rpc_call_sync(clnt, &msg, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
+	if (status == -ECONNREFUSED) {
+		dprintk("lockd:	NSM upcall RPC failed, status=%d, forcing rebind\n",
+				status);
+		rpc_force_rebind(clnt);
+		status = rpc_call_sync(clnt, &msg, RPC_TASK_SOFTCONN);
+	}
 	if (status < 0)
 		dprintk("lockd: NSM upcall RPC failed, status=%d\n",
 				status);
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 7f6a9348c589..154822397780 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2696,6 +2696,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
 	/* make sure we can reach put_old from new_root */
 	if (!is_path_reachable(old_mnt, old.dentry, &new))
 		goto out4;
+	/* make certain new is below the root */
+	if (!is_path_reachable(new_mnt, new.dentry, &root))
+		goto out4;
 	root_mp->m_count++; /* pin it so it won't go away */
 	br_write_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	detach_mnt(new_mnt, &parent_path);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index 0f9ce13972d0..9240dd1678da 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,8 @@ static bool need_wrongsec_check(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	 */
 	if (argp->opcnt == resp->opcnt)
 		return false;
-
+	if (next->opnum == OP_ILLEGAL)
+		return false;
 	nextd = OPDESC(next);
 	/*
 	 * Rest of 2.6.3.1.1: certain operations will return WRONGSEC
diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index e4bcb2cf055a..3ba30825f387 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -316,10 +316,10 @@ int pstore_mkfile(enum pstore_type_id type, char *psname, u64 id, int count,
 		sprintf(name, "dmesg-%s-%lld", psname, id);
 		break;
 	case PSTORE_TYPE_CONSOLE:
-		sprintf(name, "console-%s", psname);
+		sprintf(name, "console-%s-%lld", psname, id);
 		break;
 	case PSTORE_TYPE_FTRACE:
-		sprintf(name, "ftrace-%s", psname);
+		sprintf(name, "ftrace-%s-%lld", psname, id);
 		break;
 	case PSTORE_TYPE_MCE:
 		sprintf(name, "mce-%s-%lld", psname, id);
diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c
index 38802d683969..7a10e047bc33 100644
--- a/fs/quota/dquot.c
+++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ int dquot_writeback_dquots(struct super_block *sb, int type)
 			dqstats_inc(DQST_LOOKUPS);
 			err = sb->dq_op->write_dquot(dquot);
 			if (!ret && err)
-				err = ret;
+				ret = err;
 			dqput(dquot);
 			spin_lock(&dq_list_lock);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 68307c029228..e028b508db25 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static int prune_super(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 
 	total_objects = sb->s_nr_dentry_unused +
 			sb->s_nr_inodes_unused + fs_objects + 1;
+	if (!total_objects)
+		total_objects = 1;
 
 	if (sc->nr_to_scan) {
 		int	dentries;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/commit.c b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
index ff8229340cd5..26b69b2d4a45 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
@@ -166,15 +166,10 @@ static int do_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 	err = ubifs_orphan_end_commit(c);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	old_ltail_lnum = c->ltail_lnum;
-	err = ubifs_log_end_commit(c, new_ltail_lnum);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 	err = dbg_check_old_index(c, &zroot);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	mutex_lock(&c->mst_mutex);
 	c->mst_node->cmt_no      = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no);
 	c->mst_node->log_lnum    = cpu_to_le32(new_ltail_lnum);
 	c->mst_node->root_lnum   = cpu_to_le32(zroot.lnum);
@@ -203,8 +198,9 @@ static int do_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
 		c->mst_node->flags |= cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_NO_ORPHS);
 	else
 		c->mst_node->flags &= ~cpu_to_le32(UBIFS_MST_NO_ORPHS);
-	err = ubifs_write_master(c);
-	mutex_unlock(&c->mst_mutex);
+
+	old_ltail_lnum = c->ltail_lnum;
+	err = ubifs_log_end_commit(c, new_ltail_lnum);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/log.c b/fs/ubifs/log.c
index 36bd4efd0819..06649d21b056 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/log.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/log.c
@@ -106,10 +106,14 @@ static inline long long empty_log_bytes(const struct ubifs_info *c)
 	h = (long long)c->lhead_lnum * c->leb_size + c->lhead_offs;
 	t = (long long)c->ltail_lnum * c->leb_size;
 
-	if (h >= t)
+	if (h > t)
 		return c->log_bytes - h + t;
-	else
+	else if (h != t)
 		return t - h;
+	else if (c->lhead_lnum != c->ltail_lnum)
+		return 0;
+	else
+		return c->log_bytes;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -447,9 +451,9 @@ out:
  * @ltail_lnum: new log tail LEB number
  *
  * This function is called on when the commit operation was finished. It
- * moves log tail to new position and unmaps LEBs which contain obsolete data.
- * Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of
- * failure.
+ * moves log tail to new position and updates the master node so that it stores
+ * the new log tail LEB number. Returns zero in case of success and a negative
+ * error code in case of failure.
  */
 int ubifs_log_end_commit(struct ubifs_info *c, int ltail_lnum)
 {
@@ -477,7 +481,12 @@ int ubifs_log_end_commit(struct ubifs_info *c, int ltail_lnum)
 	spin_unlock(&c->buds_lock);
 
 	err = dbg_check_bud_bytes(c);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
 
+	err = ubifs_write_master(c);
+
+out:
 	mutex_unlock(&c->log_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/master.c b/fs/ubifs/master.c
index ab83ace9910a..1a4bb9e8b3b8 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/master.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/master.c
@@ -352,10 +352,9 @@ int ubifs_read_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
  * ubifs_write_master - write master node.
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  *
- * This function writes the master node. The caller has to take the
- * @c->mst_mutex lock before calling this function. Returns zero in case of
- * success and a negative error code in case of failure. The master node is
- * written twice to enable recovery.
+ * This function writes the master node. Returns zero in case of success and a
+ * negative error code in case of failure. The master node is written twice to
+ * enable recovery.
  */
 int ubifs_write_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 879b9976c12b..05115d719408 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1970,7 +1970,6 @@ static struct ubifs_info *alloc_ubifs_info(struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi)
 		mutex_init(&c->lp_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&c->tnc_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&c->log_mutex);
-		mutex_init(&c->mst_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&c->umount_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&c->bu_mutex);
 		mutex_init(&c->write_reserve_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index b2babce4d70f..bd51277f6fe1 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1042,7 +1042,6 @@ struct ubifs_debug_info;
  *
  * @mst_node: master node
  * @mst_offs: offset of valid master node
- * @mst_mutex: protects the master node area, @mst_node, and @mst_offs
  *
  * @max_bu_buf_len: maximum bulk-read buffer length
  * @bu_mutex: protects the pre-allocated bulk-read buffer and @c->bu
@@ -1282,7 +1281,6 @@ struct ubifs_info {
 
 	struct ubifs_mst_node *mst_node;
 	int mst_offs;
-	struct mutex mst_mutex;
 
 	int max_bu_buf_len;
 	struct mutex bu_mutex;