From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH] bcache: Fix a shrinker deadlock Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 22:20:18 -0600 Message-ID: <20130831042018.GP21481@kernel.dk> References: <20130830211510.GA20307@kmo-pixel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130830211510.GA20307@kmo-pixel> Sender: linux-bcache-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Kent Overstreet Cc: kernel neophyte , "linux-bcache-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , "linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org" , Stefan Priebe List-Id: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Aug 30 2013, Kent Overstreet wrote: > GFP_NOIO means we could be getting called recursively - mca_alloc() -> > mca_data_alloc() - definitely can't use mutex_lock(bucket_lock) then. > Whoops. Kent, can you provide and updated repo with the pending patches? There's been some churn here lately (and good fixes), would like to ensure I don't miss anything. -- Jens Axboe