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From: Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>
To: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:57:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100113075752.GA23372@mail.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100113032049.GA4045@laptop.oracle.com>

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:20:49AM +0800, Wengang Wang wrote:
> before update_holders, the lock could be DCed(since no BUSY flag set by
> here).
> 
> and even after update_holders, the lock could be DCed too.
> 
> so that we get ocfs2_cluster_lock()(with holders increased) returned sucessfully
> but actually we don't hold the dlm lock. --thus more than one node is
> considering that they have the (EX) lock.

	You make a good point.  I don't like the solution you propose,
though.  Another flag that's almost the same?  Eww!  There's got to be a
better way.

Joel

-- 

Life's Little Instruction Book #80

	"Slow dance"

Joel Becker
Principal Software Developer
Oracle
E-mail: joel.becker at oracle.com
Phone: (650) 506-8127

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-13  7:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-06  8:34 [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock Wengang Wang
2010-01-07  2:00 ` Joel Becker
2010-01-07  5:22   ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-09 18:05   ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-09 18:24     ` Sunil Mushran
2010-01-10 10:05       ` Joel Becker
2010-01-11  1:55         ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-12  1:59     ` Joel Becker
2010-01-12  3:58       ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-12 11:18         ` Joel Becker
2010-01-12 12:04           ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-12 13:01             ` Joel Becker
2010-01-12 14:30               ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-12 19:14                 ` Sunil Mushran
2010-01-13  6:15                   ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-12 19:47       ` David Teigland
2010-01-13  3:20       ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-13  7:08         ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-13  7:57         ` Joel Becker [this message]
2010-01-13  9:23           ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-13  9:31             ` Joel Becker
2010-01-13  9:36               ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-13 19:14           ` Sunil Mushran
2010-01-14  1:01             ` Joel Becker
2010-01-14  4:12               ` Wengang Wang
2010-01-21 15:30             ` David Teigland
2010-01-21 15:41               ` Sunil Mushran

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