Hi, Acked-by: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> Eventually we should be able to drop i_mutex from here entirely, but that proved more problematic that I'd expected, so this is a good interim fix, Steve. On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 21:50 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > GFS2 uses i_mutex on its system quota inode to synchronize writes to > quota file. Since this is an internal inode to GFS2 (not part of directory > hiearchy or visible by user) we are safe to define locking rules for it. So > let's just get it its own locking class to make it clear. > > CC: Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c | 8 ++++++++ > fs/gfs2/quota.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c > index b8c250f..c714ef7 100644 > --- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c > +++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ > #include <linux/mount.h> > #include <linux/gfs2_ondisk.h> > #include <linux/quotaops.h> > +#include <linux/lockdep.h> > > #include "gfs2.h" > #include "incore.h" > @@ -766,6 +767,7 @@ fail: > return error; > } > > +static struct lock_class_key gfs2_quota_imutex_key; > > static int init_inodes(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int undo) > { > @@ -803,6 +805,12 @@ static int init_inodes(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, int undo) > fs_err(sdp, "can't get quota file inode: %d\n", error); > goto fail_rindex; > } > + /* > + * i_mutex on quota files is special. Since this inode is hidden system > + * file, we are safe to define locking ourselves. > + */ > + lockdep_set_class(&sdp->sd_quota_inode->i_mutex, > + &gfs2_quota_imutex_key); > > error = gfs2_rindex_update(sdp); > if (error) > diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c > index b97178e..8ed70e7 100644 > --- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c > +++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c > @@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ static int do_sync(unsigned int num_qd, struct gfs2_quota_data **qda) > return -ENOMEM; > > sort(qda, num_qd, sizeof(struct gfs2_quota_data *), sort_qd, NULL); > - mutex_lock_nested(&ip->i_inode.i_mutex, I_MUTEX_QUOTA); > + mutex_lock(&ip->i_inode.i_mutex); > for (qx = 0; qx < num_qd; qx++) { > error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(qda[qx]->qd_gl, LM_ST_EXCLUSIVE, > GL_NOCACHE, &ghs[qx]); -- 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