This can be merged to ext4-fix-lock-inversion-in-ext4_ext_truncate.patch ======================================================= [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 2.6.26-rc8 #32 ------------------------------------------------------- umount/4921 is trying to acquire lock: (&ei->i_data_sem){----}, at: [<c01dd2c1>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x29/0x120 but task is already holding lock: (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}, at: [<c0169211>] lock_super+0x1b/0x1d which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}: [<c013c820>] __lock_acquire+0x97f/0xb32 [<c013ca3f>] lock_acquire+0x6c/0x89 [<c0442dc4>] mutex_lock_nested+0xc9/0x248 [<c0169211>] lock_super+0x1b/0x1d [<c01e2f71>] ext4_orphan_del+0x21/0x162 [<c01ecaec>] ext4_ext_truncate+0x114/0x167 [<c01dde2d>] ext4_truncate+0x84/0x40d [<c01582cb>] vmtruncate+0x103/0x129 [<c01799ac>] inode_setattr+0x67/0x139 [<c01df73c>] ext4_setattr+0x27b/0x2fa [<c0179bab>] notify_change+0x12d/0x2a6 [<c016719b>] do_truncate+0x62/0x7b [<c01672d9>] do_sys_ftruncate+0x125/0x142 [<c0167312>] sys_ftruncate64+0x1c/0x24 [<c0103949>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6a/0xb1 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff -> #0 (&ei->i_data_sem){----}: [<c013c747>] __lock_acquire+0x8a6/0xb32 [<c013ca3f>] lock_acquire+0x6c/0x89 [<c044330a>] down_read+0x2b/0x65 [<c01dd2c1>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0x29/0x120 [<c01dd634>] ext4_get_block+0xa2/0xd7 [<c01843f2>] generic_block_bmap+0x43/0x50 [<c01de6de>] ext4_bmap+0x8d/0x96 [<c01783d5>] bmap+0x26/0x2b [<c02070ee>] jbd2_journal_bmap+0x20/0x75 [<c02072ae>] jbd2_journal_next_log_block+0x61/0x67 [<c0207b44>] jbd2_journal_get_descriptor_buffer+0x13/0x90 [<c0202f73>] journal_submit_commit_record+0x2f/0x19a [<c0203bb7>] jbd2_journal_commit_transaction+0xabf/0x1038 [<c02069f9>] jbd2_journal_destroy+0xc8/0x1c9 [<c01e5835>] ext4_put_super+0x35/0x1ab [<c0169a1a>] generic_shutdown_super+0x52/0xd3 [<c0169aaa>] kill_block_super+0xf/0x20 [<c0169b63>] deactivate_super+0x57/0x6a [<c017b6f3>] mntput_no_expire+0xba/0xdd [<c017bb95>] sys_umount+0x259/0x29b [<c0103949>] sysenter_past_esp+0x6a/0xb1 [<ffffffff>] 0xffffffff other info that might help us debug this: 2 locks held by umount/4921: #0: (&type->s_umount_key#17){----}, at: [<c0169b5e>] deactivate_super+0x52/0x6a #1: (&type->s_lock_key#7){--..}, at: [<c0169211>] lock_super+0x1b/0x1d Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index 48b8764..7bbc095 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -2971,6 +2971,7 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *inode) handle->h_sync = 1; out_stop: + up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); /* * If this was a simple ftruncate() and the file will remain alive, * then we need to clear up the orphan record which we created above. @@ -2981,7 +2982,6 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(struct inode *inode) if (inode->i_nlink) ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode); - up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem); inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode); ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode); ext4_journal_stop(handle); -- 1.5.6.2.255.gbed62.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html