linux-kernel - Re: possible recursive locking detected - while running fs operations in loops

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:17:42 +0200
From:	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
To:	"Hans Reiser" <reiser@...esys.com>
Cc:	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Alexander Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"Al Viro" <viro@....linux.org.uk>, reiserfs-dev@...esys.com,
	reiserfs-list@...esys.com, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: possible recursive locking detected - while running fs operations in loops - 2.6.18-rc2-git5

On 30/07/06, Hans Reiser <reiser@...esys.com> wrote:
> Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks. That's a nice little test suite.
> >
> Yes, it is quite useful, our developers have added it to the regression
> suite....
>
That's nice.

Now how about that lock validator message I managed to tease out?

Akpm said "... the reiserfs locking appears to be unneeded - this inode
is going down and nobody else can look it up, so what is to be locked
against?" - can you comment on that?


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