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SubjectRe: bd_mount_mutex -> bd_mount_sem (was Re: xfs_file_ioctl / xfs_freeze: BUG: warning at kernel/mutex-debug.c:80/debug_mutex_unlock())
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 07:51:27PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> I don't even know what code we're talking about here...
>
> I'm under the impression that XFS will return to userspace with a
> filesystem lock held, under the expectation (ie: requirement) that
> userspace will later come in and release that lock.
>
> If that's not true, then what _is_ happening in there?
>
> If that _is_ true then, well, that sucks a bit.

It's not a filesystem lock. It's a per-blockdevice lock that prevents
multiple people from freezing the filesystem at the same time, aswell
as providing exclusion between a frozen filesystem an mount-related
activity. It's a traditional text-box example for a semaphore.
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