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authorFabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>2015-02-17 13:45:31 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-17 14:34:51 -0800
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parentfs/ufs/super.c: remove unnecessary casting (diff)
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fs/ufs/super.c: fix potential race condition
Let locking subsystem decide on mutex management. As reported by Andrew Morton this patch fixes a bug: : lock_ufs() is assuming that on non-preempt uniprocessor, the calling : code will run atomically up to the matching unlock_ufs(). : : But that isn't true. The very first site I looked at (ufs_frag_map) : does sb_bread() under lock_ufs(). And sb_bread() will call schedule(), : very commonly. : : The ->mutex_owner stuff is a bit hacky but should work OK. Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> Cc: Evgeniy Dushistov <dushistov@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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