From: Chris Mason Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 19:15:08 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [PATCH] fix reiserfs lock inversion of bkl vs inode semaphore X-Git-Tag: v2.6.18-rc4~9 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b5f3953c10b27fcd1c83e199e573b41d8327e22e;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [PATCH] fix reiserfs lock inversion of bkl vs inode semaphore The correct lock ordering is inode lock -> BKL Signed-off-by: Chris Mason Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c index f318b58510f..1627edd5081 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c @@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ static int reiserfs_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) return 0; } - reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); /* freeing preallocation only involves relogging blocks that * are already in the current transaction. preallocation gets * freed at the end of each transaction, so it is impossible for diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c index 745c8810089..a986b5e1e28 100644 --- a/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c +++ b/fs/reiserfs/ioctl.c @@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ static int reiserfs_unpack(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) if (REISERFS_I(inode)->i_flags & i_nopack_mask) { return 0; } - reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); /* we need to make sure nobody is changing the file size beneath ** us */ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb); write_from = inode->i_size & (blocksize - 1); /* if we are on a block boundary, we are already unpacked. */