Hi again, This is a resend of the patches I previously posted here: v1: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518526731-26546-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@xxxxxxx v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/19/360 Since this fixes a livelock that we're seeing in practice, I'd really like to get these merged if possible. Thanks, 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(-) -- 2.1.4