Re: [PATCH 03/15] iomap: Allow filesystem to call iomap_dio_complete without i_rwsem

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On 21/09/2020 16:44, Goldwyn Rodrigues wrote:
> From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> 
> This is to avoid the deadlock caused in btrfs because of O_DIRECT |
> O_DSYNC.
> 
> Filesystems such as btrfs require i_rwsem while performing sync on a
> file. iomap_dio_rw() is called under i_rw_sem. This leads to a
> deadlock because of:
> 
> iomap_dio_complete()
>   generic_write_sync()
>     btrfs_sync_file()
> 
> Separate out iomap_dio_complete() from iomap_dio_rw(), so filesystems
> can call iomap_dio_complete() after unlocking i_rwsem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
>

This is missing Christoph's S-o-b




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