From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:33409 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754101AbXKNUQv (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:16:51 -0500 Message-Id: <20071114200136.009242000@chello.nl> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:01:36 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: [PATCH 0/3] mmap vs NFS Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Trond Myklebust , Nick Piggin , Hugh Dickins , Peter Zijlstra List-ID: Currently there is an AB-BA deadlock in NFS mmap. nfs_file_mmap() can take i_mutex, while holding mmap_sem, whereas the regular locking order is the other way around. This patch-set attempts to solve this issue. From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <20071114200136.009242000@chello.nl> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:01:36 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra Subject: [PATCH 0/3] mmap vs NFS Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Linus Torvalds , Andrew Morton , Trond Myklebust , Nick Piggin , Hugh Dickins , Peter Zijlstra List-ID: Currently there is an AB-BA deadlock in NFS mmap. nfs_file_mmap() can take i_mutex, while holding mmap_sem, whereas the regular locking order is the other way around. This patch-set attempts to solve this issue. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org