From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 6b0310fbf087ad6e9e3b8392adca97cd77184084 upstream (as of v2.6.34-git13) ext4_freeze() used jbd2_journal_lock_updates() which takes the j_barrier mutex, and then returns to userspace. The kernel does not like this: ================================================ [ BUG: lock held when returning to user space! ] ------------------------------------------------ lvcreate/1075 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! 1 lock held by lvcreate/1075: #0: (&journal->j_barrier){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff811c6214>] jbd2_journal_lock_updates+0xe1/0xf0 Use vfs_check_frozen() added to ext4_journal_start_sb() and ext4_force_commit() instead. Addresses-Red-Hat-Bugzilla: #568503 Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 735c20d..a6a8e5b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ handle_t *ext4_journal_start_sb(struct super_block *sb, int nblocks) if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) return ERR_PTR(-EROFS); + vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE); /* Special case here: if the journal has aborted behind our * backs (eg. EIO in the commit thread), then we still need to * take the FS itself readonly cleanly. */ @@ -3386,8 +3387,10 @@ int ext4_force_commit(struct super_block *sb) return 0; journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal; - if (journal) + if (journal) { + vfs_check_frozen(sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE); ret = ext4_journal_force_commit(journal); + } return ret; } @@ -3436,18 +3439,16 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb) * the journal. */ error = jbd2_journal_flush(journal); - if (error < 0) { - out: - jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal); - return error; - } + if (error < 0) + goto out; /* Journal blocked and flushed, clear needs_recovery flag. */ EXT4_CLEAR_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER); error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1); - if (error) - goto out; - return 0; +out: + /* we rely on s_frozen to stop further updates */ + jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal); + return error; } /* @@ -3464,7 +3465,6 @@ static int ext4_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb) EXT4_SET_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(sb, EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_RECOVER); ext4_commit_super(sb, 1); unlock_super(sb); - jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal); return 0; } -- 1.6.6.1.1.g974db.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