From 5509826f1e548d14bb888c1cb6e3bbf23f855770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "S. Wendy Cheng" Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:56:34 -0500 Subject: [GFS2] Fix change nlink deadlock Bugzilla 215088 Fix deadlock in gfs2_change_nlink() while installing RHEL5 into GFS2 partition. The gfs2_rename() apparently needs block allocation for the new name (into the directory) where it requires rg locks. At the same time, while updating the nlink count for the replaced file, gfs2_change_nlink() tries to return the inode meta-data back to resource group where it needs rg locks too. Our logic doesn't allow process to acquire these locks recursively by the same process (RHEL installer) that results a BUG call. This only happens within rename code path and only if the destination file exists before the rename operation. Signed-off-by: S. Wendy Cheng Signed-off-by: Steven Whitehouse --- fs/gfs2/inode.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'fs/gfs2/inode.h') diff --git a/fs/gfs2/inode.h b/fs/gfs2/inode.h index b57f448b15b..85c67cb568d 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/inode.h +++ b/fs/gfs2/inode.h @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ int gfs2_inode_refresh(struct gfs2_inode *ip); int gfs2_dinode_dealloc(struct gfs2_inode *inode); int gfs2_change_nlink(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int diff); +int gfs2_change_nlink_i(struct gfs2_inode *ip, int diff); struct inode *gfs2_lookupi(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, int is_root, struct nameidata *nd); struct inode *gfs2_createi(struct gfs2_holder *ghs, const struct qstr *name, -- cgit v1.2.3