The bulk of __dquot_initialize runs under the dqptr_sem which protects the inode->i_dquot pointers. It doesn't protect the dereferenced contents, though. Those are protected by the dq_data_lock, which is missing around the dquot_resv_space call. Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> -- fs/quota/dquot.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -1439,8 +1439,11 @@ static void __dquot_initialize(struct in * did a write before quota was turned on */ rsv = inode_get_rsv_space(inode); - if (unlikely(rsv)) + if (unlikely(rsv)) { + spin_lock(&dq_data_lock); dquot_resv_space(inode->i_dquot[cnt], rsv); + spin_unlock(&dq_data_lock); + } } } out_err: -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -- 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