The patch titled Subject: fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Subject: fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix This is a fixed version of the patch that fixes the BUG_ON hitting on UP kernels. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474031567-1831-1-git-send-email-jack@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@xxxxxx> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c | 3 ++- fs/notify/notification.c | 9 ++++++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c~fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c --- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c~fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix +++ a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c @@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *fanotify_perm_event_c static struct fsnotify_event *get_one_event(struct fsnotify_group *group, size_t count) { - BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); + BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && + !spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); pr_debug("%s: group=%p count=%zd\n", __func__, group, count); diff -puN fs/notify/notification.c~fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix fs/notify/notification.c --- a/fs/notify/notification.c~fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix +++ a/fs/notify/notification.c @@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsnotify_get_cookie); /* return true if the notify queue is empty, false otherwise */ bool fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(struct fsnotify_group *group) { - BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); + BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && + !spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); return list_empty(&group->notification_list) ? true : false; } @@ -139,7 +140,8 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_remove_f { struct fsnotify_event *event; - BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); + BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && + !spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); pr_debug("%s: group=%p\n", __func__, group); @@ -161,7 +163,8 @@ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_remove_f */ struct fsnotify_event *fsnotify_peek_first_event(struct fsnotify_group *group) { - BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); + BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) && + !spin_is_locked(&group->notification_lock)); return list_first_entry(&group->notification_list, struct fsnotify_event, list); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jack@xxxxxxx are fsnotify-add-a-way-to-stop-queueing-events-on-group-shutdown.patch fanotify-fix-list-corruption-in-fanotify_get_response.patch fsnotify-drop-notification_mutex-before-destroying-event.patch fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock.patch fsnotify-convert-notification_mutex-to-a-spinlock-fix.patch fanotify-use-notification_lock-instead-of-access_lock.patch fanotify-fix-possible-false-warning-when-freeing-events.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