linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock during directory rename

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Date:   Tue,  7 Mar 2023 23:33:24 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+9d16c39efb5fade84574@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix deadlock during directory rename

On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 15:10:04 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> As lockdep properly warns, we should not be locking i_rwsem while having
> transactions started as the proper lock ordering used by all directory
> handling operations is i_rwsem -> transaction start. Fix the lock
> ordering by moving the locking of the directory earlier in
> ext4_rename().
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Fix deadlock during directory rename
      commit: 3c92792da8506a295afb6d032b4476e46f979725

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>