Before this patch, if function __gfs2_ail_flush detected an error syncing the ail list, it call gfs2_ail_error which called gfs2_withdraw. Since __gfs2_ail_flush deals with a specific glock, we shouldn't withdraw immediately because the withdraw code (signal_our_withdraw) uses glocks in its processing.
This patch changes the call from gfs2_withdraw to gfs2_withdraw_delayed which defers the withdraw until a more appropriate context, such as the logd daemon, discovers the intent to withdraw. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <[email protected]> --- fs/gfs2/glops.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c index 744cacd27213..2eb03bbb2329 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void gfs2_ail_error(struct gfs2_glock *gl, const struct buffer_head *bh) gl->gl_name.ln_type, gl->gl_name.ln_number, gfs2_glock2aspace(gl)); gfs2_lm(sdp, "AIL error\n"); - gfs2_withdraw(sdp); + gfs2_withdraw_delayed(sdp); } /** -- 2.31.1
