From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@suse.cz>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: processes hung after sys_renameat, and 'missing' processes
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 01:40:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120607004000.GD30000@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120607002914.GB22223@redhat.com>
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 08:29:14PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> void d_move(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *target)
> {
> write_seqlock(&rename_lock);
> +
> + BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&target->d_parent->d_lock));
> +
> + if (dentry->d_parent != NULL)
> + BUG_ON(!spin_is_locked(&dentry->d_parent->d_lock));
> +
> __d_move(dentry, target);
> write_sequnlock(&rename_lock);
> }
>
>
> To be clear, do you want me to try that with or without the reverts ?
No. Not ->d_lock; ->d_inode->i_mutex. _That_ needs to be held for
d_move() to be safe (and on cross-directory move you need ->s_vfs_rename_mutex
as well). I'd do it with WARN_ON, BTW, and without the reverts - that
way we'll have a clear indication if that code is stepped on.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-07 0:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-03 22:36 processes hung after sys_renameat, and 'missing' processes Dave Jones
2012-06-03 22:51 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-03 23:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-03 23:17 ` Al Viro
2012-06-03 23:28 ` Al Viro
2012-06-03 23:40 ` Al Viro
2012-06-03 23:59 ` Al Viro
2012-06-04 0:07 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-06 19:42 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-06 22:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-06 23:00 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-06 23:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-06 23:54 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 0:29 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-07 0:40 ` Al Viro [this message]
2012-06-07 0:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-07 1:19 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-07 1:29 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 1:31 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-07 1:31 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 1:42 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-07 1:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-07 1:54 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 2:08 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-07 19:36 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 20:43 ` Sage Weil
2012-06-07 23:12 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-06-07 23:39 ` Al Viro
2012-06-07 23:57 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-08 0:36 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 0:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-08 0:59 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 5:25 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-06-08 5:48 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 7:54 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-06-08 20:20 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 2:08 ` Eric W. Biederman
2012-06-08 2:37 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 2:18 ` Al Viro
2012-06-08 16:22 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-06-08 17:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-11 12:17 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-06-07 1:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-07 0:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-07 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 15:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-08 7:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:38 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-08 14:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 15:01 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-08 15:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 15:21 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-08 14:46 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-06-08 15:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-11 12:17 ` J. Bruce Fields
2012-06-04 0:00 ` Dave Jones
2012-06-04 0:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-04 0:20 ` Al Viro
2012-06-04 9:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-04 9:29 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-04 10:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 0:13 ` Dave Jones
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2012-06-07 7:07 Miklos Szeredi
2012-06-07 15:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2012-06-11 16:02 ` Miklos Szeredi
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