extents                        ext4 will use extents to address file data.  The
                        file system will no longer be mountable by ext3.
 
+journal_checksum       Enable checksumming of the journal transactions.
+                       This will allow the recovery code in e2fsck and the
+                       kernel to detect corruption in the kernel.  It is a
+                       compatible change and will be ignored by older kernels.
+
+journal_async_commit   Commit block can be written to disk without waiting
+                       for descriptor blocks. If enabled older kernels cannot
+                       mount the device. This will enable 'journal_checksum'
+                       internally.
+
 journal=update         Update the ext4 file system's journal to the current
                        format.
 
 
 
 config JBD2
        tristate
+       select CRC32
        help
          This is a generic journaling layer for block devices that support
          both 32-bit and 64-bit block numbers.  It is currently used by
 
        Opt_user_xattr, Opt_nouser_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_noacl,
        Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh, Opt_bh,
        Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev,
+       Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit,
        Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback,
        Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota,
        Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota,
        {Opt_journal_update, "journal=update"},
        {Opt_journal_inum, "journal=%u"},
        {Opt_journal_dev, "journal_dev=%u"},
+       {Opt_journal_checksum, "journal_checksum"},
+       {Opt_journal_async_commit, "journal_async_commit"},
        {Opt_abort, "abort"},
        {Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"},
        {Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"},
                                return 0;
                        *journal_devnum = option;
                        break;
+               case Opt_journal_checksum:
+                       set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
+                       break;
+               case Opt_journal_async_commit:
+                       set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT);
+                       set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM);
+                       break;
                case Opt_noload:
                        set_opt (sbi->s_mount_opt, NOLOAD);
                        break;
                goto failed_mount4;
        }
 
+       if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
+               jbd2_journal_set_features(sbi->s_journal,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM, 0,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT);
+       } else if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_CHECKSUM)) {
+               jbd2_journal_set_features(sbi->s_journal,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM, 0, 0);
+               jbd2_journal_clear_features(sbi->s_journal, 0, 0,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT);
+       } else {
+               jbd2_journal_clear_features(sbi->s_journal,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM, 0,
+                               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT);
+       }
+
        /* We have now updated the journal if required, so we can
         * validate the data journaling mode. */
        switch (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS)) {
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/crc32.h>
 
 /*
  * Default IO end handler for temporary BJ_IO buffer_heads.
        return 1;
 }
 
-/* Done it all: now write the commit record.  We should have
+/*
+ * Done it all: now submit the commit record.  We should have
  * cleaned up our previous buffers by now, so if we are in abort
  * mode we can now just skip the rest of the journal write
  * entirely.
  *
  * Returns 1 if the journal needs to be aborted or 0 on success
  */
-static int journal_write_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
-                                       transaction_t *commit_transaction)
+static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
+                                       transaction_t *commit_transaction,
+                                       struct buffer_head **cbh,
+                                       __u32 crc32_sum)
 {
        struct journal_head *descriptor;
+       struct commit_header *tmp;
        struct buffer_head *bh;
-       int i, ret;
+       int ret;
        int barrier_done = 0;
 
        if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
 
        bh = jh2bh(descriptor);
 
-       /* AKPM: buglet - add `i' to tmp! */
-       for (i = 0; i < bh->b_size; i += 512) {
-               journal_header_t *tmp = (journal_header_t*)bh->b_data;
-               tmp->h_magic = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_MAGIC_NUMBER);
-               tmp->h_blocktype = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_COMMIT_BLOCK);
-               tmp->h_sequence = cpu_to_be32(commit_transaction->t_tid);
+       tmp = (struct commit_header *)bh->b_data;
+       tmp->h_magic = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_MAGIC_NUMBER);
+       tmp->h_blocktype = cpu_to_be32(JBD2_COMMIT_BLOCK);
+       tmp->h_sequence = cpu_to_be32(commit_transaction->t_tid);
+
+       if (JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                   JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM)) {
+               tmp->h_chksum_type      = JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM;
+               tmp->h_chksum_size      = JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM_SIZE;
+               tmp->h_chksum[0]        = cpu_to_be32(crc32_sum);
        }
 
-       JBUFFER_TRACE(descriptor, "write commit block");
+       JBUFFER_TRACE(descriptor, "submit commit block");
+       lock_buffer(bh);
+
        set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-       if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER) {
+       set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+       bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
+
+       if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
+               !JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                        JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
                set_buffer_ordered(bh);
                barrier_done = 1;
        }
-       ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+       ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+
        /* is it possible for another commit to fail at roughly
         * the same time as this one?  If so, we don't want to
         * trust the barrier flag in the super, but instead want
                clear_buffer_ordered(bh);
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-               ret = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+               ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
        }
-       put_bh(bh);             /* One for getblk() */
-       jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(descriptor);
+       *cbh = bh;
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function along with journal_submit_commit_record
+ * allows to write the commit record asynchronously.
+ */
+static int journal_wait_on_commit_record(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+
+       clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+       wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
-       return (ret == -EIO);
+       if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
+               ret = -EIO;
+       put_bh(bh);            /* One for getblk() */
+       jbd2_journal_put_journal_head(bh2jh(bh));
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Wait for all submitted IO to complete.
+ */
+static int journal_wait_on_locked_list(journal_t *journal,
+                                      transaction_t *commit_transaction)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       struct journal_head *jh;
+
+       while (commit_transaction->t_locked_list) {
+               struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+               jh = commit_transaction->t_locked_list->b_tprev;
+               bh = jh2bh(jh);
+               get_bh(bh);
+               if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
+                       spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+                       wait_on_buffer(bh);
+                       if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
+                               ret = -EIO;
+                       spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+               }
+               if (!inverted_lock(journal, bh)) {
+                       put_bh(bh);
+                       spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (buffer_jbd(bh) && jh->b_jlist == BJ_Locked) {
+                       __jbd2_journal_unfile_buffer(jh);
+                       jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
+                       jbd2_journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
+                       put_bh(bh);
+               } else {
+                       jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
+               }
+               put_bh(bh);
+               cond_resched_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+       }
+       return ret;
+  }
+
 static void journal_do_submit_data(struct buffer_head **wbuf, int bufs)
 {
        int i;
        journal_do_submit_data(wbuf, bufs);
 }
 
-static inline void write_tag_block(int tag_bytes, journal_block_tag_t *tag,
+static __u32 jbd2_checksum_data(__u32 crc32_sum, struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       struct page *page = bh->b_page;
+       char *addr;
+       __u32 checksum;
+
+       addr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
+       checksum = crc32_be(crc32_sum,
+               (void *)(addr + offset_in_page(bh->b_data)), bh->b_size);
+       kunmap_atomic(addr, KM_USER0);
+
+       return checksum;
+}
+
+static void write_tag_block(int tag_bytes, journal_block_tag_t *tag,
                                   unsigned long long block)
 {
        tag->t_blocknr = cpu_to_be32(block & (u32)~0);
        int tag_flag;
        int i;
        int tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
+       struct buffer_head *cbh = NULL; /* For transactional checksums */
+       __u32 crc32_sum = ~0;
 
        /*
         * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
        journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction);
 
        /*
-        * Wait for all previously submitted IO to complete.
+        * Wait for all previously submitted IO to complete if commit
+        * record is to be written synchronously.
         */
        spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-       while (commit_transaction->t_locked_list) {
-               struct buffer_head *bh;
+       if (!JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT))
+               err = journal_wait_on_locked_list(journal,
+                                               commit_transaction);
 
-               jh = commit_transaction->t_locked_list->b_tprev;
-               bh = jh2bh(jh);
-               get_bh(bh);
-               if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
-                       spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-                       wait_on_buffer(bh);
-                       if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
-                               err = -EIO;
-                       spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-               }
-               if (!inverted_lock(journal, bh)) {
-                       put_bh(bh);
-                       spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-                       continue;
-               }
-               if (buffer_jbd(bh) && jh->b_jlist == BJ_Locked) {
-                       __jbd2_journal_unfile_buffer(jh);
-                       jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-                       jbd2_journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
-                       put_bh(bh);
-               } else {
-                       jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
-               }
-               put_bh(bh);
-               cond_resched_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
-       }
        spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
 
        if (err)
 start_journal_io:
                        for (i = 0; i < bufs; i++) {
                                struct buffer_head *bh = wbuf[i];
+                               /*
+                                * Compute checksum.
+                                */
+                               if (JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                       JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM)) {
+                                       crc32_sum =
+                                           jbd2_checksum_data(crc32_sum, bh);
+                               }
+
                                lock_buffer(bh);
                                clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                }
        }
 
+       /* Done it all: now write the commit record asynchronously. */
+
+       if (JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
+               err = journal_submit_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction,
+                                                &cbh, crc32_sum);
+               if (err)
+                       __jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
+
+               spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+               err = journal_wait_on_locked_list(journal,
+                                               commit_transaction);
+               spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
+               if (err)
+                       __jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
+       }
+
        /* Lo and behold: we have just managed to send a transaction to
            the log.  Before we can commit it, wait for the IO so far to
            complete.  Control buffers being written are on the
 
        jbd_debug(3, "JBD: commit phase 6\n");
 
-       if (journal_write_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction))
-               err = -EIO;
+       if (!JBD2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+               JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
+               err = journal_submit_commit_record(journal, commit_transaction,
+                                               &cbh, crc32_sum);
+               if (err)
+                       __jbd2_journal_abort_hard(journal);
+       }
+       err = journal_wait_on_commit_record(cbh);
 
        if (err)
                jbd2_journal_abort(journal, err);
 
        return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * jbd2_journal_clear_features () - Clear a given journal feature in the
+ *                                 superblock
+ * @journal: Journal to act on.
+ * @compat: bitmask of compatible features
+ * @ro: bitmask of features that force read-only mount
+ * @incompat: bitmask of incompatible features
+ *
+ * Clear a given journal feature as present on the
+ * superblock.
+ */
+void jbd2_journal_clear_features(journal_t *journal, unsigned long compat,
+                               unsigned long ro, unsigned long incompat)
+{
+       journal_superblock_t *sb;
+
+       jbd_debug(1, "Clear features 0x%lx/0x%lx/0x%lx\n",
+                 compat, ro, incompat);
+
+       sb = journal->j_superblock;
+
+       sb->s_feature_compat    &= ~cpu_to_be32(compat);
+       sb->s_feature_ro_compat &= ~cpu_to_be32(ro);
+       sb->s_feature_incompat  &= ~cpu_to_be32(incompat);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_clear_features);
 
 /**
  * int jbd2_journal_update_format () - Update on-disk journal structure.
 
 #include <linux/jbd2.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/crc32.h>
 #endif
 
 /*
        return block;
 }
 
+/*
+ * calc_chksums calculates the checksums for the blocks described in the
+ * descriptor block.
+ */
+static int calc_chksums(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh,
+                       unsigned long *next_log_block, __u32 *crc32_sum)
+{
+       int i, num_blks, err;
+       unsigned long io_block;
+       struct buffer_head *obh;
+
+       num_blks = count_tags(journal, bh);
+       /* Calculate checksum of the descriptor block. */
+       *crc32_sum = crc32_be(*crc32_sum, (void *)bh->b_data, bh->b_size);
+
+       for (i = 0; i < num_blks; i++) {
+               io_block = (*next_log_block)++;
+               wrap(journal, *next_log_block);
+               err = jread(&obh, journal, io_block);
+               if (err) {
+                       printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: IO error %d recovering block "
+                               "%lu in log\n", err, io_block);
+                       return 1;
+               } else {
+                       *crc32_sum = crc32_be(*crc32_sum, (void *)obh->b_data,
+                                    obh->b_size);
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int do_one_pass(journal_t *journal,
                        struct recovery_info *info, enum passtype pass)
 {
        unsigned int            sequence;
        int                     blocktype;
        int                     tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
+       __u32                   crc32_sum = ~0; /* Transactional Checksums */
 
        /* Precompute the maximum metadata descriptors in a descriptor block */
        int                     MAX_BLOCKS_PER_DESC;
                switch(blocktype) {
                case JBD2_DESCRIPTOR_BLOCK:
                        /* If it is a valid descriptor block, replay it
-                        * in pass REPLAY; otherwise, just skip over the
-                        * blocks it describes. */
+                        * in pass REPLAY; if journal_checksums enabled, then
+                        * calculate checksums in PASS_SCAN, otherwise,
+                        * just skip over the blocks it describes. */
                        if (pass != PASS_REPLAY) {
+                               if (pass == PASS_SCAN &&
+                                   JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                           JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM) &&
+                                   !info->end_transaction) {
+                                       if (calc_chksums(journal, bh,
+                                                       &next_log_block,
+                                                       &crc32_sum)) {
+                                               put_bh(bh);
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                                       put_bh(bh);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
                                next_log_block += count_tags(journal, bh);
                                wrap(journal, next_log_block);
-                               brelse(bh);
+                               put_bh(bh);
                                continue;
                        }
 
                        continue;
 
                case JBD2_COMMIT_BLOCK:
-                       /* Found an expected commit block: not much to
-                        * do other than move on to the next sequence
+                       /*     How to differentiate between interrupted commit
+                        *               and journal corruption ?
+                        *
+                        * {nth transaction}
+                        *        Checksum Verification Failed
+                        *                       |
+                        *               ____________________
+                        *              |                    |
+                        *      async_commit             sync_commit
+                        *              |                    |
+                        *              | GO TO NEXT    "Journal Corruption"
+                        *              | TRANSACTION
+                        *              |
+                        * {(n+1)th transanction}
+                        *              |
+                        *       _______|______________
+                        *      |                     |
+                        * Commit block found   Commit block not found
+                        *      |                     |
+                        * "Journal Corruption"       |
+                        *               _____________|_________
+                        *              |                       |
+                        *      nth trans corrupt       OR   nth trans
+                        *      and (n+1)th interrupted     interrupted
+                        *      before commit block
+                        *      could reach the disk.
+                        *      (Cannot find the difference in above
+                        *       mentioned conditions. Hence assume
+                        *       "Interrupted Commit".)
+                        */
+
+                       /* Found an expected commit block: if checksums
+                        * are present verify them in PASS_SCAN; else not
+                        * much to do other than move on to the next sequence
                         * number. */
+                       if (pass == PASS_SCAN &&
+                           JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                   JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM)) {
+                               int chksum_err, chksum_seen;
+                               struct commit_header *cbh =
+                                       (struct commit_header *)bh->b_data;
+                               unsigned found_chksum =
+                                       be32_to_cpu(cbh->h_chksum[0]);
+
+                               chksum_err = chksum_seen = 0;
+
+                               if (info->end_transaction) {
+                                       printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: Transaction %u "
+                                               "found to be corrupt.\n",
+                                               next_commit_ID - 1);
+                                       brelse(bh);
+                                       break;
+                               }
+
+                               if (crc32_sum == found_chksum &&
+                                   cbh->h_chksum_type == JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM &&
+                                   cbh->h_chksum_size ==
+                                               JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM_SIZE)
+                                      chksum_seen = 1;
+                               else if (!(cbh->h_chksum_type == 0 &&
+                                            cbh->h_chksum_size == 0 &&
+                                            found_chksum == 0 &&
+                                            !chksum_seen))
+                               /*
+                                * If fs is mounted using an old kernel and then
+                                * kernel with journal_chksum is used then we
+                                * get a situation where the journal flag has
+                                * checksum flag set but checksums are not
+                                * present i.e chksum = 0, in the individual
+                                * commit blocks.
+                                * Hence to avoid checksum failures, in this
+                                * situation, this extra check is added.
+                                */
+                                               chksum_err = 1;
+
+                               if (chksum_err) {
+                                       info->end_transaction = next_commit_ID;
+
+                                       if (!JBD2_HAS_COMPAT_FEATURE(journal,
+                                          JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)){
+                                               printk(KERN_ERR
+                                                      "JBD: Transaction %u "
+                                                      "found to be corrupt.\n",
+                                                      next_commit_ID);
+                                               brelse(bh);
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               crc32_sum = ~0;
+                       }
                        brelse(bh);
                        next_commit_ID++;
                        continue;
         * transaction marks the end of the valid log.
         */
 
-       if (pass == PASS_SCAN)
-               info->end_transaction = next_commit_ID;
-       else {
+       if (pass == PASS_SCAN) {
+               if (!info->end_transaction)
+                       info->end_transaction = next_commit_ID;
+       } else {
                /* It's really bad news if different passes end up at
                 * different places (but possible due to IO errors). */
                if (info->end_transaction != next_commit_ID) {
 
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_USRQUOTA            0x100000 /* "old" user quota */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_GRPQUOTA            0x200000 /* "old" group quota */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT_EXTENTS             0x400000 /* Extents support */
-
+#define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM    0x800000 /* Journal checksums */
+#define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT        0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */
 /* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext4_fs.h included at once */
 #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
 #define clear_opt(o, opt)              o &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_##opt
 
        __be32          h_sequence;
 } journal_header_t;
 
+/*
+ * Checksum types.
+ */
+#define JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM   1
+#define JBD2_MD5_CHKSUM     2
+#define JBD2_SHA1_CHKSUM    3
+
+#define JBD2_CRC32_CHKSUM_SIZE 4
+
+#define JBD2_CHECKSUM_BYTES (32 / sizeof(u32))
+/*
+ * Commit block header for storing transactional checksums:
+ */
+struct commit_header {
+       __be32          h_magic;
+       __be32          h_blocktype;
+       __be32          h_sequence;
+       unsigned char   h_chksum_type;
+       unsigned char   h_chksum_size;
+       unsigned char   h_padding[2];
+       __be32          h_chksum[JBD2_CHECKSUM_BYTES];
+};
 
 /*
  * The block tag: used to describe a single buffer in the journal.
        ((j)->j_format_version >= 2 &&                                  \
         ((j)->j_superblock->s_feature_incompat & cpu_to_be32((mask))))
 
-#define JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REVOKE   0x00000001
-#define JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT    0x00000002
+#define JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM   0x00000001
+
+#define JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REVOKE           0x00000001
+#define JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT            0x00000002
+#define JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT     0x00000004
 
 /* Features known to this kernel version: */
-#define JBD2_KNOWN_COMPAT_FEATURES     0
+#define JBD2_KNOWN_COMPAT_FEATURES     JBD2_FEATURE_COMPAT_CHECKSUM
 #define JBD2_KNOWN_ROCOMPAT_FEATURES   0
 #define JBD2_KNOWN_INCOMPAT_FEATURES   (JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_REVOKE | \
-                                        JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT)
+                                       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT | \
+                                       JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ASYNC_COMMIT)
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
                   (journal_t *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 extern int        jbd2_journal_set_features
                   (journal_t *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
+extern void       jbd2_journal_clear_features
+                  (journal_t *, unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
 extern int        jbd2_journal_create     (journal_t *);
 extern int        jbd2_journal_load       (journal_t *journal);
 extern void       jbd2_journal_destroy    (journal_t *);