H Al, On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 02:55:53PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > This is version two of the patch I previously posted here: > > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518526731-26546-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@xxxxxxx > > Changes since v1: > > * Added READ_ONCE to i_dir_seq access > * Added tags > > Cheers, > > Will > > --->8 > > Will Deacon (2): > fs: dcache: Avoid livelock between d_alloc_parallel and __d_add > fs: dcache: Use READ_ONCE when accessing i_dir_seq > > fs/dcache.c | 10 ++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Is there anything more you need from me on this series? I don't see it queued anywhere and we're seeing this livelock hitting us in practice. Cheers, Will