linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: swap: Unlock swapfile inode mutex before closing file on bad swapfiles

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Date:	Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: swap: Unlock swapfile inode mutex before closing
 file on bad swapfiles

On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Mel Gorman wrote:

> This patch releases the mutex if its held before calling filep_close()
> so swapon fails as expected without deadlock when the swapfile is backed
> by NFS.  If accepted for 2.6.39, it should also be considered a -stable
> candidate for 2.6.38 and 2.6.37.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>

Thank you!
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