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Message-Id: <168395396128.1443054.13940837195861107555.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date:   Sat, 13 May 2023 00:59:28 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        syzbot+aacb82fca60873422114@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix lockdep warning when enabling MMP


On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:10:19 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> When we enable MMP in ext4_multi_mount_protect() during mount or
> remount, we end up calling sb_start_write() from write_mmp_block(). This
> triggers lockdep warning because freeze protection ranks above s_umount
> semaphore we are holding during mount / remount. The problem is harmless
> because we are guaranteed the filesystem is not frozen during mount /
> remount but still let's fix the warning by not grabbing freeze
> protection from ext4_multi_mount_protect().
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: Fix lockdep warning when enabling MMP
      commit: 949f95ff39bf188e594e7ecd8e29b82eb108f5bf

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

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