linux-kernel - Re: dio_get_page() lockdep complaints

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Date:	Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:35:54 -0500
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
To:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
Cc:	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, 09 Nov 2007 11:16:53 -0800
Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com> wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Ah, so none of those tests at the top will stop tail packing if
> there's been pre-allocation?
> 
> Like, uh, the inode reference count test?
> 

It always drops prealloc, regardless of i_count.  One fix is to change
the prealloc routines to take/drop a reference on the inode.
preallocation is already dropped when the transaction ends, so things
would continue working.

-chris
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