On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 13:42 +0800, Tao Guo wrote: > Unlock clp->cl_lock before taking inode->i_lock when setting up > delegation to avoid possible deadlock bug. What deadlock? inode->i_lock should always be the innermost lock, so it should always be safe to take it while already holding the nfs_client lock. If somebody is taking the nfs_client lock while holding the inode lock, then that would be the deadlock bug that needs to be fixed. Trond -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
