The coda host file is a backing file for the coda inode on a different filesystem than the coda inode. Change the locking order to take the coda inode lock before taking the backing host file freeze protection, same as in ovl_write_iter() and in network filesystems that use cachefiles. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOQ4uxjcnwuF1gMxe64WLODGA_MyAy8x-DtqkCUxqVQKk3Xbng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Jan, Can you please ack this patch so that I can add it to my series and send to Christian? Thanks, Amir. fs/coda/file.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/coda/file.c b/fs/coda/file.c index 16acc58311ea..e62315c37386 100644 --- a/fs/coda/file.c +++ b/fs/coda/file.c @@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ coda_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) if (ret) goto finish_write; - file_start_write(host_file); inode_lock(coda_inode); + file_start_write(host_file); ret = vfs_iter_write(cfi->cfi_container, to, &iocb->ki_pos, 0); coda_inode->i_size = file_inode(host_file)->i_size; coda_inode->i_blocks = (coda_inode->i_size + 511) >> 9; inode_set_mtime_to_ts(coda_inode, inode_set_ctime_current(coda_inode)); - inode_unlock(coda_inode); file_end_write(host_file); + inode_unlock(coda_inode); finish_write: venus_access_intent(coda_inode->i_sb, coda_i2f(coda_inode), -- 2.34.1