| Date | Sun, 24 Sep 2000 23:12:39 +0200 (CEST) | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2 |
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On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> ext2_new_block (or whatever that runs getblk with the superlock lock > acquired)->getblk->GFP->shrink_dcache_memory->prune_dcache-> > prune_one_dentry->dput->dentry_iput->iput->inode->i_sb->s_op-> > put_inode->ext2_discard_prealloc->ext2_free_blocks->lock_super->D
nasty indeed, sigh. Shouldnt ext2_new_block drop the superblock lock in places where we might block?
Ingo
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