From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933042AbeCFTFG (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:05:06 -0500 Received: from usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:43116 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753535AbeCFTFE (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:05:04 -0500 From: Will Deacon To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: peterz@infradead.org, willy@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Will Deacon Subject: [RESEND PATCHv2 0/2] A couple of i_dir_seq fixes for fs/dcache.c Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 19:05:04 +0000 Message-Id: <1520363106-4687-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi again, This is a resend of the patches I previously posted here: v1: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518526731-26546-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/19/360 Since this fixes a livelock that we're seeing in practice, I'd really like to get these merged if possible. Thanks, Will --->8 Will Deacon (2): fs: dcache: Avoid livelock between d_alloc_parallel and __d_add fs: dcache: Use READ_ONCE when accessing i_dir_seq fs/dcache.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4