v6: - Add a second patch to rename the bd_fsfreeze_mutex to bd_fsfreeze_blktrace_mutex. v5: - Overload the bd_fsfreeze_mutex in block_device structure for blktrace protection. v4: - Use blktrace_mutex in blk_trace_ioctl() as well. v3: - Use a global blktrace_mutex to serialize sysfs attribute accesses instead of the bd_mutex. v2: - Use READ_ONCE() and smp_store_mb() to read and write bd_deleting. - Check for signal in the mutex_trylock loops. - Use usleep() instead of schedule() for RT tasks. This patchset fixes a potential blktrace deadlock problem between block device deletion and sysfs operations. Waiman Long (2): blktrace: Fix potentail deadlock between delete & sysfs ops block_dev: Rename bd_fsfreeze_mutex fs/block_dev.c | 14 +++++++------- fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 6 +++--- fs/nilfs2/super.c | 6 +++--- fs/super.c | 6 +++--- include/linux/fs.h | 5 +++-- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 6 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1