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authorJoonwoo Park <joonwpark81@gmail.com>2007-12-26 12:09:57 +0900
committerMark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>2008-01-25 15:05:47 -0800
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configfs: file.c fix possible recursive locking
configfs_register_subsystem() with default_groups triggers recursive locking. it seems that mutex_lock_nested is needed. ============================================= [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] 2.6.24-rc6 #145 --------------------------------------------- swapper/1 is trying to acquire lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40c9a9e>] configfs_add_file+0x2e/0x70 but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca985>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 other info that might help us debug this: 1 lock held by swapper/1: #0: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#3){--..}, at: [<c40ca985>] configfs_register_subsystem+0x55/0x130 stack backtrace: Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc6 #145 [<c40053ba>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30 [<c4005e82>] show_trace+0x12/0x20 [<c400687e>] dump_stack+0x6e/0x80 [<c404ec72>] __lock_acquire+0xe62/0x1120 [<c404efb2>] lock_acquire+0x82/0xa0 [<c43fda88>] mutex_lock_nested+0x98/0x2e0 [<c40c9a9e>] configfs_add_file+0x2e/0x70 [<c40c9b0c>] configfs_create_file+0x2c/0x40 [<c40ca639>] configfs_attach_item+0x139/0x220 [<c40ca734>] configfs_attach_group+0x14/0x140 [<c40ca7e9>] configfs_attach_group+0xc9/0x140 [<c40ca9f6>] configfs_register_subsystem+0xc6/0x130 [<c45c8186>] init_netconsole+0x2b6/0x300 [<c45a75f2>] kernel_init+0x142/0x320 [<c4004fb3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x14 ======================= Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Joel Becker <joel.becker@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/configfs')
-rw-r--r--fs/configfs/file.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/file.c b/fs/configfs/file.c
index a3658f9a082c..397cb503a180 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/file.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int configfs_add_file(struct dentry * dir, const struct configfs_attribute * att
umode_t mode = (attr->ca_mode & S_IALLUGO) | S_IFREG;
int error = 0;
- mutex_lock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);
+ mutex_lock_nested(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_NORMAL);
error = configfs_make_dirent(parent_sd, NULL, (void *) attr, mode, type);
mutex_unlock(&dir->d_inode->i_mutex);