linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -V2] hugetlbfs: Drop taking inode i_mutex lock from hugetlbfs

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Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2012 14:44:43 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com>
Cc:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, mgorman@...e.de,
	kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com, dhillf@...il.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hughd@...gle.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2] hugetlbfs: Drop taking inode i_mutex lock from
 hugetlbfs_read


On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:40:41 -0500
Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...il.com> wrote:

> We've gotten a few lockdep reports about it in Fedora on various kernels.
> A CC to stable might be nice.
> 

On Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:40:14 -0500
Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:

> My testing hits this every day. It's not a real problem, but it's annoying
> to see the lockdep spew constantly.  We've had a couple Fedora users
> report it too in regular day-to-day use as opposed to the hostile
> workloads I use to provoke it.
> 
> FWIW, I'll probably throw it in the Fedora kernels, so if it ends up
> in stable, it'll be one less patch to carry.

OK, thanks guys.  Cc:stable is added.
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