The patch should be sent to jffs2 mainling list, which is linux-mtd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. It's not needed to cc stable mailing list. Actually I think it's better not to. On 2013/12/18 10:14, Wang Nan wrote: > From: Wang Guoli <andy.wangguoli@xxxxxxxxxx> > > If jffs2_new_inode() succeeds, it returns with f->sem held, and > the caller is responsible for releasing the lock. If it fails, > it still returns with the lock held, but the caller won't release > the lock, which will lead to deadlock. > > Fix it by releasing the lock in jffs2_new_inode() on error. > > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 2.6.34+ > Signed-off-by: Wang Guoli <andy.wangguoli@xxxxxxxxxx> You should also sign the patch. > --- > fs/jffs2/fs.c | 9 ++++++--- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html