linux-kernel - Re: dio_get_page() lockdep complaints

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Message-ID: <20071109135736.04a4346a@think.oraclecorp.com>
Date:	Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:57:36 -0500
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
To:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Cc:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-aio@...ck.org
Subject: Re: dio_get_page() lockdep complaints

On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:53:27 -0500
Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:35:04 -0800
> Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
> > > Without getting into a huge patch, the best fix would just be
> > > switching to try lock.  If the tail doesn't get packed, the world
> > > doesn't end.
> > 
> > So, something like this?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
> 

Ugh, I thought the preallocation was getting freed elsewhere, but it
looks like I was wrong.  We can't just skip the i_mutex after all,
sorry.

-chris
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