* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > reiserfs_read_bitmap_block() uses sb_bread() to read the bitmap block. This > helper might sleep. > > Then, when the bkl was used, it was released at this point. We can then > relax the write lock too here. > > [ 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/bitmap.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c > index 1470334..6854957 100644 > --- a/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c > +++ b/fs/reiserfs/bitmap.c > @@ -1249,7 +1249,9 @@ struct buffer_head *reiserfs_read_bitmap_block(struct super_block *sb, > else if (bitmap == 0) > block = (REISERFS_DISK_OFFSET_IN_BYTES >> sb->s_blocksize_bits) + 1; > > + reiserfs_write_unlock(sb); > bh = sb_bread(sb, block); > + reiserfs_write_lock(sb); > if (bh == NULL) > reiserfs_warning(sb, "sh-2029: %s: bitmap block (#%u) " > "reading failed", __func__, block); Note, there's a side-effect here: the access to sb->b_blocksize is moved outside of the lock. Previously it was accessed via the BKL. On a mounted filesystem sb->b_blocksize is not supposed to change, so it's probably not an issue - but wanted to mention it. Ingo -- 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