linux-kernel - Re: [EXT4 set 5][PATCH 1/1] expand inode i_extra_isize to support features in larger inode

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Message-Id: <20070715125921.87574a3a.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:59:21 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>, cmm@...ibm.com,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 5][PATCH 1/1] expand inode i_extra_isize to support
 features in larger inode

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:21:03 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> Shows the current stacktrace where we violate the previously established
> locking order.

yup, but the lock_page() which we did inside truncate_mutex was a 
lock_page() against a different address_space: the blockdev mapping.

So this is OK - we'll never take truncate_mutex against the blockdev
mapping (it doesn't have one, for a start ;))

This is similar to the quite common case where we take inode A's
i_mutex inside inode B's i_mutex, which needs special lockdep annotations.

I think.  I haven't looked into this in detail.
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