linux-kernel - Re: [rfc patch] fs,reiserfs: unlock superblock before callling reiserfs_quota_on

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:56:29 +0200
From:	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc patch] fs,reiserfs: unlock superblock before callling
 reiserfs_quota_on_mount()

On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 16:39 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote: 
> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 10:23 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote: 
> > On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 15:06 +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > 
> > > Using openSUSE's "partitioner" gizmo to set up a reiserfs partition with
> > > quotas and whatnot enabled rewarded me with a deadlock.
> > 
> > Is this just a -rt bug? Can't this deadlock also in mainline?
> 
> It didn't with a NOPREEMPT kernel the one time I tried it, which seemed
> mighty odd when I stared at the rt deadlock.  I'll give it another go, I
> likely just munged q/d NOPREEMPT test.

Nope, no screw-up.  Maybe it can deadlock, but it refused to do so.

-Mike

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