linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock with quota feature

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Message-ID: <20130409132019.GB12050@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:20:19 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock with quota feature

On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 12:06:22PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> We didn't mark hidden quota files with S_NOQUOTA flag and thus quota was
> accounted even for quota files. Thus we could recurse back to quota code
> when adding new blocks to quota file which can easily deadlock. Mark
> hidden quota files properly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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