Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:18:46 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] zcache: fix deadlock condition |
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 03:39:28PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 02:32:51PM -0800, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > I discovered this deadlock condition awhile ago working on RAMster > > but it affects zcache as well. The list spinlock must be > > locked prior to the page spinlock and released after. As > > a result, the page copy must also be done while the locks are held. > > > > Applies to 3.2. Konrad, please push (via GregKH?)... > > this is definitely a bug fix so need not be pushed during > > a -rc0 window. > > Looks good to me. Greg, could you apply the patch to your tree > please? [Or would you rather I sent an GIT pull?]
I will queue it up, thanks.
greg k-h
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