linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RT 07/13] Revert "fs: jbd2: pull your plug when waiting for space"

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Message-ID: <20180117154643.v2bmmor4yix3eum2@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:46:44 +0100
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
        John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Julia Cartwright <julia@...com>,
        Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@...mens.com>,
        tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, Alex Shi <alex.shi@...aro.org>,
        stable-rt@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RT 07/13] Revert "fs: jbd2: pull your plug when waiting
 for space"

On 2018-01-17 10:14:11 [-0500], Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 3.18.91-rt98-rc1 stable review patch.
> If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> 
> This reverts commit "fs: jbd2: pull your plug when waiting for space".
> This was a duct-tape fix which shouldn't be needed since commit
> "locking/rt-mutex: fix deadlock in device mapper / block-IO".
> 
> Cc: stable-rt@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>

you could also revert 3b5cf23e6b87 ("fs, jbd: pull your plug when
waiting for space") which is the same thing but for ext3/jbd.

The code was removed at some point so I did not revert in my tree.

Sebastian