Re: [patch] vmfixes-2.4.0-test9-B2

Ingo Molnar
2000-09-24T21:12:39Z

On Sun, 24 Sep 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> ext2_new_block (or whatever that runs getblk with the superlock lock
> acquired)->getblk->GFP->shrink_dcache_memory->prune_dcache->
> prune_one_dentry->dput->dentry_iput->iput->inode->i_sb->s_op->
> put_inode->ext2_discard_prealloc->ext2_free_blocks->lock_super->D

nasty indeed, sigh. Shouldnt ext2_new_block drop the superblock lock in
places where we might block?

Ingo