Add a new member to struct buffer_head called b_journal_head. This is for jbd to use, rather than have it peeking a b_private for in flight ios. --- diff/fs/buffer.c 2003-12-09 10:25:27.000000000 +0000 +++ source/fs/buffer.c 2003-12-09 10:32:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ bh->b_list = BUF_CLEAN; bh->b_end_io = handler; bh->b_private = private; + bh->b_journal_head = NULL; } static void end_buffer_io_async(struct buffer_head * bh, int uptodate) --- diff/fs/jbd/journal.c 2003-12-09 10:25:27.000000000 +0000 +++ source/fs/jbd/journal.c 2003-12-09 10:32:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -1802,9 +1802,9 @@ if (buffer_jbd(bh)) { /* Someone did it for us! */ - J_ASSERT_BH(bh, bh->b_private != NULL); + J_ASSERT_BH(bh, bh->b_journal_head != NULL); journal_free_journal_head(jh); - jh = bh->b_private; + jh = bh->b_journal_head; } else { /* * We actually don't need jh_splice_lock when @@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ */ spin_lock(&jh_splice_lock); set_bit(BH_JBD, &bh->b_state); - bh->b_private = jh; + bh->b_journal_head = jh; jh->b_bh = bh; atomic_inc(&bh->b_count); spin_unlock(&jh_splice_lock); @@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ } jh->b_jcount++; spin_unlock(&journal_datalist_lock); - return bh->b_private; + return bh->b_journal_head; } /* @@ -1854,7 +1854,7 @@ J_ASSERT_BH(bh, jh2bh(jh) == bh); BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "remove journal_head"); spin_lock(&jh_splice_lock); - bh->b_private = NULL; + bh->b_journal_head = NULL; jh->b_bh = NULL; /* debug, really */ clear_bit(BH_JBD, &bh->b_state); __brelse(bh); --- diff/include/linux/fs.h 2003-12-09 10:25:27.000000000 +0000 +++ source/include/linux/fs.h 2003-12-09 10:32:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ struct page *b_page; /* the page this bh is mapped to */ void (*b_end_io)(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate); /* I/O completion */ void *b_private; /* reserved for b_end_io */ - + void *b_journal_head; /* ext3 journal_heads */ unsigned long b_rsector; /* Real buffer location on disk */ wait_queue_head_t b_wait; --- diff/include/linux/jbd.h 2003-06-16 09:56:12.000000000 +0100 +++ source/include/linux/jbd.h 2003-12-09 10:32:41.000000000 +0000 @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static inline struct journal_head *bh2jh(struct buffer_head *bh) { - return bh->b_private; + return bh->b_journal_head; } #define HAVE_JOURNAL_CALLBACK_STATUS