sync_filesystems() shouldn't be calling async_synchronize_full_special while holding a spinlock. The second while loop in that function is the right place for this anyway. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Grissiom <chaos.proton@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c index cb20744..7d67387 100644 --- a/fs/super.c +++ b/fs/super.c @@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ void sync_filesystems(int wait) if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) continue; sb->s_need_sync_fs = 1; - async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list); } restart: @@ -471,6 +470,7 @@ restart: sb->s_count++; spin_unlock(&sb_lock); down_read(&sb->s_umount); + async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list); if (sb->s_root && (wait || sb->s_dirt)) sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, wait); up_read(&sb->s_umount); -- David Kleikamp IBM Linux Technology Center -- 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