linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.34 nfs fsync() deadlock

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Message-ID: <87zkzghrfe.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix>
Date:	Mon, 31 May 2010 19:11:49 +0100
From:	Nix <nix@...eri.org.uk>
To:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.34 nfs fsync() deadlock

On 31 May 2010, Trond Myklebust said:
> Can you see if the following 2 attached patches (already sent to
> stable@...nel.org) suffice to fix the hang?

It's hard to be absolutely certain (it only fails about a tenth of the
time with this testcase), but it seems to fix it (I've run a hundred or
so tests and it's still going).
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