Normal locking order is: i_mutex mmap_sem However NFS's ->mmap hook, which is called under mmap_sem, can take i_mutex. Avoid this potential deadlock by doing the work that requires i_mutex from the new ->mmap_prepare(). [ Is this sufficient, or does it introduce a race? ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nfs/file.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/fs/nfs/file.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/nfs/file.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/nfs/file.c @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ static int nfs_file_open(struct inode *, struct file *); static int nfs_file_release(struct inode *, struct file *); static loff_t nfs_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin); +static int +nfs_file_mmap_prepare(struct file * file, unsigned long len, + unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags, unsigned long pgoff); static int nfs_file_mmap(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *); static ssize_t nfs_file_splice_read(struct file *filp, loff_t *ppos, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, @@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ const struct file_operations nfs_file_op .write = do_sync_write, .aio_read = nfs_file_read, .aio_write = nfs_file_write, + .mmap_prepare = nfs_file_mmap_prepare, .mmap = nfs_file_mmap, .open = nfs_file_open, .flush = nfs_file_flush, @@ -270,7 +274,8 @@ nfs_file_splice_read(struct file *filp, } static int -nfs_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct vm_area_struct * vma) +nfs_file_mmap_prepare(struct file * file, unsigned long len, + unsigned long prot, unsigned long flags, unsigned long pgoff) { struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry; struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; @@ -279,13 +284,17 @@ nfs_file_mmap(struct file * file, struct dfprintk(VFS, "nfs: mmap(%s/%s)\n", dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name); - status = nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping); - if (!status) { - vma->vm_ops = &nfs_file_vm_ops; - vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR; - file_accessed(file); - } - return status; + return nfs_revalidate_mapping(inode, file->f_mapping); +} + +static int +nfs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) +{ + vma->vm_ops = &nfs_file_vm_ops; + vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR; + file_accessed(file); + + return 0; } /* -- - 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