On Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:37:09 +0100 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now it does appear I'm missing that for 4.4. I wonder why I didn't pull > > it in there. Perhaps it wasn't needed, which means this isn't needed > > either. > > I strongly suggest to include "locking/rt-mutex: fix deadlock in device > mapper / block-IO". We had a workaround in the jbd/ext3 code which then > moved into jbd2/ext4 after people complained about the same problem. I > wasn't sure about the root-cause back then but now with explanation we > have in the fix patch I'm sure this is one of the bugs we have since day > one.
Yep. Not sure why I didn't include it in 4.4. I added it to my queue, and started testing it, which is one of the reasons I haven't posted it yet. Also, my internet connectivity has be really poor while traveling this time. -- Steve
