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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-22 20:05:19 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-02-22 20:05:19 +0100 |
commit | fc6fc7f1b1095b92d4834e69b385b91e412a7ce5 (patch) | |
tree | 2ad451d5dac4d460830536944cef1de93be36b2a /fs/super.c | |
parent | ef1f87aa7ba6224bef1b750b3272ba281d8f43ed (diff) | |
parent | 770824bdc421ff58a64db608294323571c949f4c (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/apic
Conflicts:
arch/x86/mach-default/setup.c
Semantic conflict resolution:
arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/super.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/super.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index 61dce001dd5..8349ed6b141 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); |