The patch titled block_dev.c mutex_lock_nested() fix has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is block_devc-mutex_lock_nested-fix.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: block_dev.c mutex_lock_nested() fix From: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> In the case below we are locking the whole disk not a partition. This change simply brings the code in line with the piece above where when we are the 'first' opener, and we are a partition. Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/block_dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/block_dev.c~block_devc-mutex_lock_nested-fix fs/block_dev.c --- a/fs/block_dev.c~block_devc-mutex_lock_nested-fix +++ a/fs/block_dev.c @@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ do_open(struct block_device *bdev, struc rescan_partitions(bdev->bd_disk, bdev); } else { mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex, - BD_MUTEX_PARTITION); + BD_MUTEX_WHOLE); bdev->bd_contains->bd_part_count++; mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_contains->bd_mutex); } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch remove-the-old-bd_mutex-lockdep-annotation.patch new-bd_mutex-lockdep-annotation.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