jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 6\n");
 
+       /* All metadata is written, now write commit record and do cleanup */
+       spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+       J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);
+       commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT_RECORD;
+       spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+
        if (journal_write_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction))
                err = -EIO;
 
 
        jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 8\n");
 
-       J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT);
+       J_ASSERT(commit_transaction->t_state == T_COMMIT_RECORD);
 
        commit_transaction->t_state = T_FINISHED;
        J_ASSERT(commit_transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction);
 
        return err;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Return 1 if a given transaction has not yet sent barrier request
+ * connected with a transaction commit. If 0 is returned, transaction
+ * may or may not have sent the barrier. Used to avoid sending barrier
+ * twice in common cases.
+ */
+int journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       transaction_t *commit_trans;
+
+       if (!(journal->j_flags & JFS_BARRIER))
+               return 0;
+       spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+       /* Transaction already committed? */
+       if (tid_geq(journal->j_commit_sequence, tid))
+               goto out;
+       /*
+        * Transaction is being committed and we already proceeded to
+        * writing commit record?
+        */
+       commit_trans = journal->j_committing_transaction;
+       if (commit_trans && commit_trans->t_tid == tid &&
+           commit_trans->t_state >= T_COMMIT_RECORD)
+               goto out;
+       ret = 1;
+out:
+       spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+       return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_commit_will_send_barrier);
+
 /*
  * Log buffer allocation routines:
  */
 {
        int err = 0;
 
+       
        /* Wait for the commit thread to wake up and die. */
        journal_kill_thread(journal);
 
 
        enum {
                T_RUNNING,
                T_LOCKED,
-               T_RUNDOWN,
                T_FLUSH,
                T_COMMIT,
+               T_COMMIT_RECORD,
                T_FINISHED
        }                       t_state;
 
 int journal_force_commit_nested(journal_t *journal);
 int log_wait_commit(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid);
 int log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal);
+int journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid);
 
 void __log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal);
 extern void    __journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *, transaction_t *);