Re: [Ext4 Secure Delete 7/7v4] ext4/jbd2: Secure Delete: Secure delete journal blocks

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One quick question:

On Fri,  7 Oct 2011 00:11:05 -0700
Allison Henderson <achender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +	/* Secure delete any blocks still in our range */
> +	if (jbd2_pblk_count > 0)
> +		err = ext4_secure_delete_pblks(journal->j_inode,
> +			jbd2_pblk_start, jbd2_pblk_count);
> +
> +out:
> +	spin_unlock(&journal->j_pair_lock);

ext4_secure_delete_pblks() appears to do its job synchronously - it has
calls to things like sync_dirty_buffer() and such.  How can you do that
while holding ->j_pair_lock?

Thanks,

jon
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