From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, npiggin@kernel.dk,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2.6.38] Deadlock between rename_lock and vfsmount_lock.
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:10:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110324001037.GA2122@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201103240004.p2O04SWm065278@www262.sakura.ne.jp>
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 09:04:28AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 11:39:19AM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > > Al Viro wrote:
> > > > See #untested in vfs-2.6.git. I think it should do it, but
> > > > it *is* completely untested at the moment.
> > >
> > > As far as I can test, I did not find any problems. Thank you.
> >
> > Did this fix go to Linus? If so, any pointers to the git commit id?
>
> It is commit 27cb1572e3e6bb1f8cf6bb3d74c914a87b131792 "fix deadlock in pivot_root()"
> in linux-2.6.git .
>
> > I'm guessing I will want this in the .38-stable tree?
>
> Yes. We are waiting for tests by Al.
Great, thanks for letting me know, I'll watch out for the above patch to
hit Linus's tree.
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-24 0:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-16 8:54 [2.6.38] Possible deadlock at pivot_root? Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-17 5:01 ` [2.6.38] Deadlock between rename_lock and vfsmount_lock Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-18 10:59 ` Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-18 11:06 ` Al Viro
2011-03-18 11:54 ` Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-18 12:07 ` Al Viro
2011-03-18 12:13 ` Al Viro
2011-03-18 12:52 ` Al Viro
2011-03-18 13:18 ` Al Viro
2011-03-19 2:39 ` Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-23 23:00 ` Greg KH
2011-03-24 0:04 ` Tetsuo Handa
2011-03-24 0:10 ` Greg KH [this message]
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