From: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@oracle.com>
To: ocfs2-devel@oss.oracle.com
Subject: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:14:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B4E1BA8.3060408@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100113075752.GA23372@mail.oracle.com>
Joel Becker wrote:
> 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.
I don't see how we can resolve this without another flag. It could
be a mirror image of the PENDING flag. PENDING takes care of the gap
between BUSY set and calling dlm_lock(). This flag has to take care
of the gap between BUSY clear and inc_holders.
Am working on improving Wengang's patch.
Mark is strangely silent.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-13 19:14 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
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 [this message]
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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