linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open

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Message-ID: <2f88aa9b-b1c2-4b02-81e8-1c43b982db1b@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:57:28 -0800
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To: Prithvi Tambewagh <activprithvi@...il.com>, martin.petersen@...cle.com
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, target-devel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de, jlbec@...lplan.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev,
 skhan@...uxfoundation.org, david.hunter.linux@...il.com, khalid@...nel.org,
 syzbot+f6e8174215573a84b797@...kaller.appspotmail.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in
 __configfs_open_file()

On 1/8/26 12:15 PM, Prithvi Tambewagh wrote:
> This poses a possibility of recursive locking,
> which triggers the lockdep warning.

Patches that fix a lockdep complaint should include the full lockdep 
complaint.

Since the fixed lockdep complaint didn't trigger a deadlock it must be
a false positive complaint, isn't it? Such complaints should be fixed
but without additional information we can't tell what the best way is to
fix the complaint.

Thanks,

Bart.