linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/4] ext4: prevent fsreentrance deadlock for inline

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Message-ID: <20141202230707.GF13618@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 2 Dec 2014 18:07:07 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ext4: prevent fsreentrance deadlock for inline_data

On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 03:00:52PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent() invokes grab_cache_page_write_begin().
> grab_cache_page_write_begin performs memory allocation, so fs-reentrance
> should be prohibited because we are inside journal transaction.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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