From 175359f89df39f4faed663c8cfd6ee0222d2fa1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:13:10 +0100 Subject: reiserfs: Fix softlockup while waiting on an inode When we wait for an inode through reiserfs_iget(), we hold the reiserfs lock. And waiting for an inode may imply waiting for its writeback. But the inode writeback path may also require the reiserfs lock, which leads to a deadlock. We just need to release the reiserfs lock from reiserfs_iget() to fix this. Reported-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Tested-by: Christian Kujau <lists@nerdbynature.de> Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> --- fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/reiserfs') diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c index 9087b10209e6..2df0f5c7c60b 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c @@ -1497,9 +1497,11 @@ struct inode *reiserfs_iget(struct super_block *s, const struct cpu_key *key) args.objectid = key->on_disk_key.k_objectid; args.dirid = key->on_disk_key.k_dir_id; + reiserfs_write_unlock(s); inode = iget5_locked(s, key->on_disk_key.k_objectid, reiserfs_find_actor, reiserfs_init_locked_inode, (void *)(&args)); + reiserfs_write_lock(s); if (!inode) return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); -- cgit v1.2.1