The patch titled lockdep: annotate the sysfs i_mutex to be a separate class has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is lockdep-annotate-the-sysfs-i_mutex-to-be-a-separate-class.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: lockdep: annotate the sysfs i_mutex to be a separate class From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sysfs has a different i_mutex lock order behavior for i_mutex than the other filesystems; sysfs i_mutex is called in many places with subsystem locks held. At the same time, many of the VFS locking rules do not apply to sysfs at all (cross directory rename for example). To untangle this mess (which gives false positives in lockdep), we're giving sysfs inodes their own class for i_mutex. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/sysfs/inode.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/sysfs/inode.c~lockdep-annotate-the-sysfs-i_mutex-to-be-a-separate-class fs/sysfs/inode.c --- a/fs/sysfs/inode.c~lockdep-annotate-the-sysfs-i_mutex-to-be-a-separate-class +++ a/fs/sysfs/inode.c @@ -109,6 +109,17 @@ static inline void set_inode_attr(struct inode->i_ctime = iattr->ia_ctime; } + +/* + * sysfs has a different i_mutex lock order behavior for i_mutex than other + * filesystems; sysfs i_mutex is called in many places with subsystem locks + * held. At the same time, many of the VFS locking rules do not apply to + * sysfs at all (cross directory rename for example). To untangle this mess + * (which gives false positives in lockdep), we're giving sysfs inodes their + * own class for i_mutex. + */ +static struct lock_class_key sysfs_inode_imutex_key; + struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct sysfs_dirent * sd) { struct inode * inode = new_inode(sysfs_sb); @@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ struct inode * sysfs_new_inode(mode_t mo inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &sysfs_aops; inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info = &sysfs_backing_dev_info; inode->i_op = &sysfs_inode_operations; + lockdep_set_class(&inode->i_mutex, &sysfs_inode_imutex_key); if (sd->s_iattr) { /* sysfs_dirent has non-default attributes _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch lockdep-annotate-8390c-disable_irq-2.patch lockdep-fix-sk_dst_check-deadlock.patch lockdep-split-the-skb_queue_head_init-lock-class.patch sleazy-fpu-feature-x86_64-support.patch sleazy-fpu-feature-i386-support.patch x86-dont-randomize-stack-unless-current-personality-permits-it.patch lockdep-annotate-the-blkpg_del_partition-ioctl.patch lockdep-core-fix-rq-lock-handling-on-__arch_want_unlocked_ctxsw.patch delay-accounting-taskstats-interface-send-tgid-once.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html