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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-02-24 03:50:29 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-02-24 03:50:29 -0800
commite70049b9e74267dd47e1ffa62302073487afcb48 (patch)
tree2cd000c0751ef31c9044b020d63f278cdf4f332d /fs/super.c
parentd18921a0e319ab512f8186b1b1142c7b8634c779 (diff)
parentf7e603ad8f78cd3b59e33fa72707da0cbabdf699 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/super.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/super.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 61dce001dd5..8349ed6b141 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -82,7 +82,22 @@ static struct super_block *alloc_super(struct file_system_type *type)
* lock ordering than usbfs:
*/
lockdep_set_class(&s->s_lock, &type->s_lock_key);
- down_write(&s->s_umount);
+ /*
+ * sget() can have s_umount recursion.
+ *
+ * When it cannot find a suitable sb, it allocates a new
+ * one (this one), and tries again to find a suitable old
+ * one.
+ *
+ * In case that succeeds, it will acquire the s_umount
+ * lock of the old one. Since these are clearly distrinct
+ * locks, and this object isn't exposed yet, there's no
+ * risk of deadlocks.
+ *
+ * Annotate this by putting this lock in a different
+ * subclass.
+ */
+ down_write_nested(&s->s_umount, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
s->s_count = S_BIAS;
atomic_set(&s->s_active, 1);
mutex_init(&s->s_vfs_rename_mutex);