Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:43:32 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] shrink_dcache_parent() deadlock |
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On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:58 AM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote: > > This patch adds a new dentry flag that is set when the dentry is removed > from the lru and put on the list being processed by > shrink_dentry_list(). The flag is cleared in dentry_lru_del() which is > called if the dentry gets a new reference just before it's pruned. > > Thoughts?
Looks reasonable. Were you actually able to reproduce the hang, or how did you notice?
Al, comments?
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