From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wengang Wang Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:55:13 +0800 Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock In-Reply-To: <20100110100546.GB21032@mail.oracle.com> References: <201001060835.o067n0EO000623@rcsinet13.oracle.com> <20100107020005.GC20095@mail.oracle.com> <20100109180521.GA5148@laptop.oracle.com> <20100110100546.GB21032@mail.oracle.com> Message-ID: <20100111015513.GA3192@laptop.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 Hi Joel and Sunil, Sure I agree with what is doing with the patches --It's just a reminder not to forget it :). regards, wengang. On 10-01-10 02:05, Joel Becker wrote: > 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