From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joel Becker Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:05:47 -0800 Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock In-Reply-To: References: <201001060835.o067n0EO000623@rcsinet13.oracle.com> <20100107020005.GC20095@mail.oracle.com> <20100109180521.GA5148@laptop.oracle.com> Message-ID: <20100110100546.GB21032@mail.oracle.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:24:10AM -0800, Sunil Mushran wrote: > This needs testing. Joel has forwarded it to Fabbione who has a > testcase that we believe triggers this issue. If that works, I'll > push this in the 1.6 testing tree. That way we'll know (a) the patch > fixes the problem, and (b) does not break other things. This is a > tricky function. We are just being careful. Wengang, Like Sunil said, this is a very critical part of the code. Our locking code is the biggest place for lockups and corruptions to happen. We always take the safe route here. We're working to test both of your patches. Joel -- Life's Little Instruction Book #198 "Feed a stranger's expired parking meter." Joel Becker Principal Software Developer Oracle E-mail: joel.becker at oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127