linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: Fix induced mm->mmap_sem to sysfs

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:22:42 +0400
From:	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Reiserfs <reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: Fix induced mm->mmap_sem to 
	sysfs_mutex dependency

2009/9/29 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>:
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 05:55:43PM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote:
>> Hi Frederic.
>>
>> Another very similar warning.
>> (smp 2*2core)
>> v2.6.31-7068-g43c1266 plus 193be0ee1 kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: Fix
>> induced mm->mmap_sem to sysfs_mutex dependency
>>
>>
>> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> 2.6.31-07095-g25a3912 #4
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> udevadm/790 is trying to acquire lock:
>>  (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<c1098942>] might_fault+0x72/0xc0
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>>  (sysfs_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c110813c>] sysfs_readdir+0x7c/0x260
>>
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
>
> Yeah indeed, it's about the same kind of thing.
> Could you please test the following patch?

Thanks, the warning has gone away.
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