Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:10:03 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16-rc5-mm1 |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: BUG: warning at >>>>/usr/src/linux-mm/fs/inotify.c:533/inotify_d_instantiate() >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [show_trace+13/15] show_trace+0xd/0xf >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [dump_stack+21/23] dump_stack+0x15/0x17 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [inotify_d_instantiate+47/98] >>>>inotify_d_instantiate+0x2f/0x62 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [d_instantiate+70/114] >>>>d_instantiate+0x46/0x72 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [ext3_add_nondir+44/64] >>>>ext3_add_nondir+0x2c/0x40 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [ext3_link+163/217] ext3_link+0xa3/0xd9 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [vfs_link+292/379] vfs_link+0x124/0x17b >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [sys_linkat+157/218] sys_linkat+0x9d/0xda >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [sys_link+20/25] sys_link+0x14/0x19 >>>>Feb 28 15:13:42 ltg01-sid kernel: [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb >>>> >>>>Here is dmesg http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/mm/2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm-dmesg >>>>Here is config http://www.stardust.webpages.pl/files/mm/2.6.16-rc5-mm1/mm-config >>> >>> >>>This patch is causing that warning >>>inotify-lock-avoidance-with-parent-watch-status-in-dentry.patch >>> >> >>The warning is harmless really. I guess it can be removed. > > > ? How did DCACHE_INOTIFY_PARENT_WATCHED get set on that dentry? >
I guess it is because I don't clear it on +ve => -ve conversions. We _could_ do that AFAIKS, by hooking into d_delete, but it would have to be yet another fsnotify hook there because it will have to be done under lock.
But there is no real gain in doing that.
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