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From: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>
Subject: Re: possible recursive locking detected - while running fs operations
 in loops - 2.6.18-rc2-git5
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:46:25 -0600
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To: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>, reiserfs-dev@namesys.com, reiserfs-list@namesys.com, akpm@osdl.org, Alexander Zarochentcev <zam@namesys.com>

Jesper Juhl wrote:

> On 30/07/06, Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com> wrote:
>
>> Jesper Juhl wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Thanks. That's a nice little test suite.
>> >
>> Yes, it is quite useful, our developers have added it to the regression
>> suite....
>>
> That's nice.
>
> Now how about that lock validator message I managed to tease out?
>
> Akpm said "... the reiserfs locking appears to be unneeded - this inode
> is going down and nobody else can look it up, so what is to be locked
> against?" - can you comment on that?
>
>
Err, how about Zam handles all locking issues and this is Sunday with
the family?  I know, lame, but he'll answer you on Monday Russian
time.....;-)