Hi, Christoph, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> writes: > diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c > index 1157e13..bf315cd 100644 > --- a/fs/aio.c > +++ b/fs/aio.c > @@ -1078,6 +1078,17 @@ static void aio_complete(struct kiocb *kiocb, long res, long res2) > unsigned tail, pos, head; > unsigned long flags; > > + if (kiocb->ki_flags & IOCB_WRITE) { > + struct file *file = kiocb->ki_filp; > + > + /* > + * Tell lockdep we inherited freeze protection from submission > + * thread. > + */ > + __sb_writers_acquired(file_inode(file)->i_sb, SB_FREEZE_WRITE); > + file_end_write(file); This ends up being a call to __sb_end_write: void __sb_end_write(struct super_block *sb, int level) { percpu_up_read(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + level-1); } Nothing guarantees that submission and completion happen on the same CPU. Is this safe? -Jeff -- 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