The patch titled fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: fs: freeze_bdev with semaphore not mutex From: Srinivasa Ds <srinivasa@xxxxxxxxxx> On debugging I found out that,"dmsetup suspend <device name>" calls "freeze_bdev()",which locks "bd_mount_mutex" to make sure that no new mounts happen on bdev until thaw_bdev() is called. This "thaw_bdev()" is getting called when we resume the device through "dmsetup resume <device-name>". Hence we have 2 processes,one of which locks "bd_mount_mutex"(dmsetup suspend) and another(dmsetup resume) unlocks it. Signed-off-by: Srinivasa DS <srinivasa@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 2 +- fs/buffer.c | 6 ++++-- fs/super.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/block_dev.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex fs/block_dev.c --- a/fs/block_dev.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex +++ a/fs/block_dev.c @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void init_once(void * foo, kmem_c { memset(bdev, 0, sizeof(*bdev)); mutex_init(&bdev->bd_mutex); - mutex_init(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex); + sema_init(&bdev->bd_mount_sem, 1); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_inodes); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdev->bd_list); #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS diff -puN fs/buffer.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex fs/buffer.c --- a/fs/buffer.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex +++ a/fs/buffer.c @@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct b { struct super_block *sb; - mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex); + if (down_trylock(&bdev->bd_mount_sem)) + return -EBUSY; + sb = get_super(bdev); if (sb && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) { sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE; @@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ void thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev drop_super(sb); } - mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex); + up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_bdev); diff -puN fs/super.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex fs/super.c --- a/fs/super.c~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex +++ a/fs/super.c @@ -735,9 +735,9 @@ int get_sb_bdev(struct file_system_type * will protect the lockfs code from trying to start a snapshot * while we are mounting */ - mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex); + down(&bdev->bd_mount_sem); s = sget(fs_type, test_bdev_super, set_bdev_super, bdev); - mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mount_mutex); + up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem); if (IS_ERR(s)) goto error_s; diff -puN include/linux/fs.h~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex include/linux/fs.h --- a/include/linux/fs.h~fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex +++ a/include/linux/fs.h @@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ struct block_device { struct inode * bd_inode; /* will die */ int bd_openers; struct mutex bd_mutex; /* open/close mutex */ - struct mutex bd_mount_mutex; /* mount mutex */ + struct semaphore bd_mount_sem; struct list_head bd_inodes; void * bd_holder; int bd_holders; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from srinivasa@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch fs-freeze_bdev-with-semaphore-not-mutex.patch -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel