[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2:dlm: avoid dlm->ast_lock lockres->spinlock dependency break

[Joel Becker <Joel.Becker@oracle.com>]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 08:20:44PM +0800, Wengang Wang wrote:
> Currently we process a dirty lockres with the lockres->spinlock taken. While
> during the process, we may need to lock on dlm->ast_lock. This breaks the
> dependency of dlm->ast_lock(lock first) and lockres->spinlock(lock second).
> 
> This patch fixes the problem.
> Since we can't release lockres->spinlock, we have to take dlm->ast_lock
> just before taking the lockres->spinlock and release it after lockres->spinlock
> is released. And use __dlm_queue_bast()/__dlm_queue_ast(), the nolock version,
> in dlm_shuffle_lists(). There are no too many locks on a lockres, so there is no
> performance harm.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@oracle.com>

This patch is now in the 'fixes' branch of ocfs2.git.

Joel

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