flush_commit_list() uses ll_rw_block() to commit the pending log blocks. ll_rw_block() might sleep, and the bkl was released at this point. Then we can also relax the write lock at this point. [ Impact: release the reiserfs write lock when it is not needed ] Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/reiserfs/journal.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c index 373d080..b1ebd5a 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c @@ -1120,8 +1120,11 @@ static int flush_commit_list(struct super_block *s, SB_ONDISK_JOURNAL_SIZE(s); tbh = journal_find_get_block(s, bn); if (tbh) { - if (buffer_dirty(tbh)) - ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &tbh) ; + if (buffer_dirty(tbh)) { + reiserfs_write_unlock(s); + ll_rw_block(WRITE, 1, &tbh); + reiserfs_write_lock(s); + } put_bh(tbh) ; } } -- 1.6.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html