On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> ext2_new_block (or whatever that runs getblk with the superlock lock
> acquired)->getblk->GFP->shrink_dcache_memory->prune_dcache->
> prune_one_dentry->dput->dentry_iput->iput->inode->i_sb->s_op->
> put_inode->ext2_discard_prealloc->ext2_free_blocks->lock_super->D
nasty indeed, sigh. Shouldnt ext2_new_block drop the superblock lock in
places where we might block?
Ingo
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