It is very well possible that I misunderstand the locking order here, but FWIW: David Howells wrote: > diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c > index f346eb1..76798c9 100644 > --- a/fs/bfs/inode.c > +++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c > @@ -32,25 +32,29 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); > > void dump_imap(const char *prefix, struct super_block * s); > > -static void bfs_read_inode(struct inode * inode) > +struct inode *bfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino) > { > - unsigned long ino = inode->i_ino; > struct bfs_inode * di; > struct buffer_head * bh; > + struct inode *inode; > int block, off; > > + inode = iget_locked(sb, ino); after this > + if (IS_ERR(inode)) > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > + if (!(inode->i_state & I_NEW)) > + return inode; Don't you have to unlock_new_inode(inode) before returning? > + > if (ino < BFS_ROOT_INO || ino > BFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->si_lasti) { > printf("Bad inode number %s:%08lx\n", inode->i_sb->s_id, ino); > - make_bad_inode(inode); > - return; > + goto error; > } > > block = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO)/BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK + 1; > bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block); > if (!bh) { > printf("Unable to read inode %s:%08lx\n", inode->i_sb->s_id, ino); > - make_bad_inode(inode); > - return; > + goto error; > } > > off = (ino - BFS_ROOT_INO) % BFS_INODES_PER_BLOCK; > @@ -85,6 +89,12 @@ static void bfs_read_inode(struct inode * inode) > BFS_I(inode)->i_dsk_ino = le16_to_cpu(di->i_ino); /* can be 0 so we store a copy */ > > brelse(bh); > + unlock_new_inode(inode); > + return inode; > + > +error: and also here? > + iget_failed(inode); > + return ERR_PTR(-EIO); > } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html