linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix possible leakage of blocks in UDF

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Date:	Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:05:42 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Fix possible leakage of blocks in UDF

Jan Kara wrote:

>> but iput goes
>> iput->iput_final->drop_inode->udf_drop_inode->lock_kernel() again
>   As Andrew already wrote, BKL is free to recurse...
> 
>> looking for the right way around it but figured I'd ping you early :)
>   Thanks for info - I'm now mostly out of email for a few days but I'll
> have a look at it as soon as I return.

Ok.  I was offbase in my first analysis (sorry!) but something -is- 
definitely locking up when I run fsstress, and w/o the patch mentioned 
it's ok.

I'm trying to manage to get it sorted but i'm out a couple of days now, too.

-Eric
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