stats.run.rs_running = jbd2_time_diff(commit_transaction->t_start,
                                              stats.run.rs_locked);
 
-       spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-       while (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
-               DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+       // waits for any t_updates to finish
+       jbd2_journal_wait_updates(journal);
 
-               prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
-                                       TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
-                       spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-                       write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-                       schedule();
-                       write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-                       spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
-               }
-               finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
-       }
-       spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
        commit_transaction->t_state = T_SWITCH;
        write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
        commit_transaction->t_state = T_COMMIT_DFLUSH;
        write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
-       /* 
+       /*
         * If the journal is not located on the file system device,
         * then we must flush the file system device before we issue
         * the commit record
 
        }
 
        /* OK, account for the buffers that this operation expects to
-        * use and add the handle to the running transaction. 
+        * use and add the handle to the running transaction.
         */
        update_t_max_wait(transaction, ts);
        handle->h_transaction = transaction;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_restart);
 
+/*
+ * Waits for any outstanding t_updates to finish.
+ * This is called with write j_state_lock held.
+ */
+void jbd2_journal_wait_updates(journal_t *journal)
+{
+       transaction_t *commit_transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
+
+       if (!commit_transaction)
+               return;
+
+       spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
+       while (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
+               DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+               prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
+                                       TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+               if (atomic_read(&commit_transaction->t_updates)) {
+                       spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
+                       write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                       schedule();
+                       write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+                       spin_lock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
+               }
+               finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&commit_transaction->t_handle_lock);
+}
+
 /**
  * jbd2_journal_lock_updates () - establish a transaction barrier.
  * @journal:  Journal to establish a barrier on.
                write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
        }
 
-       /* Wait until there are no running updates */
-       while (1) {
-               transaction_t *transaction = journal->j_running_transaction;
-
-               if (!transaction)
-                       break;
+       /* Wait until there are no running t_updates */
+       jbd2_journal_wait_updates(journal);
 
-               spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-               prepare_to_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait,
-                               TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
-               if (!atomic_read(&transaction->t_updates)) {
-                       spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-                       finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
-                       break;
-               }
-               spin_unlock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);
-               write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-               schedule();
-               finish_wait(&journal->j_wait_updates, &wait);
-               write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
-       }
        write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 
        /*
 
         */
        unsigned long           t_log_start;
 
-       /* 
+       /*
         * Number of buffers on the t_buffers list [j_list_lock, no locks
         * needed for jbd2 thread]
         */
 extern void     jbd2_journal_lock_updates (journal_t *);
 extern void     jbd2_journal_unlock_updates (journal_t *);
 
+void jbd2_journal_wait_updates(journal_t *);
+
 extern journal_t * jbd2_journal_init_dev(struct block_device *bdev,
                                struct block_device *fs_dev,
                                unsigned long long start, int len, int bsize);