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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-05 13:45:22 +0300 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-05 13:45:22 +0300 |
commit | a140feab42d1cfd811930ab76104559c19dfc4b0 (patch) | |
tree | 41fd871990e888dd5616a6bf1891a1ff307221df /fs/super.c | |
parent | 1075414b06109a99b0e87601e84c74a95bd45681 (diff) | |
parent | fec6c6fec3e20637bee5d276fb61dd8b49a3f9cc (diff) | |
download | linux-a140feab42d1cfd811930ab76104559c19dfc4b0.tar.xz |
Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc7' into core/locking
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/super.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/super.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 645e5403f2a0..8349ed6b1412 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -82,7 +82,22 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type) * lock ordering than usbfs: */ lockdep_set_class(&s->s_lock, &type->s_lock_key); - down_write(&s->s_umount); + /* + * sget() can have s_umount recursion. + * + * When it cannot find a suitable sb, it allocates a new + * one (this one), and tries again to find a suitable old + * one. + * + * In case that succeeds, it will acquire the s_umount + * lock of the old one. Since these are clearly distrinct + * locks, and this object isn't exposed yet, there's no + * risk of deadlocks. + * + * Annotate this by putting this lock in a different + * subclass. + */ + down_write_nested(&s->s_umount, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); s->s_count = S_BIAS; atomic_set(&s->s_active, 1); mutex_init(&s->s_vfs_rename_mutex); @@ -301,7 +316,7 @@ void generic_shutdown_super(struct super_block *sb) /* * wait for asynchronous fs operations to finish before going further */ - async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list); + async_synchronize_full_domain(&sb->s_async_list); /* bad name - it should be evict_inodes() */ invalidate_inodes(sb); @@ -470,7 +485,7 @@ restart: sb->s_count++; spin_unlock(&sb_lock); down_read(&sb->s_umount); - async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list); + async_synchronize_full_domain(&sb->s_async_list); if (sb->s_root && (wait || sb->s_dirt)) sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, wait); up_read(&sb->s_umount); |