-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ---------------------
From: Jeff Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> We're getting lockdep warnings due to a post-2.6.21-rc7 bugfix. The xattr_sem can never be taken in the manner described. Internal inodes are protected by I_PRIVATE. Add the appropriate annotation. Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Takashi Iwai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- fs/reiserfs/xattr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- linux-2.6.21.1.orig/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c +++ linux-2.6.21.1/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct dentry *get_xa_root(struct if (!privroot) return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA); - mutex_lock(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex); + mutex_lock_nested(&privroot->d_inode->i_mutex, I_MUTEX_XATTR); if (REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root) { xaroot = dget(REISERFS_SB(sb)->xattr_root); goto out; -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/