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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/inode.c19
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index b147c2e20469..6b44657fb3e4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
*/
int extra_credits = 6;
struct ext4_xattr_inode_array *ea_inode_array = NULL;
+ bool freeze_protected = false;
trace_ext4_evict_inode(inode);
@@ -232,9 +233,14 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
/*
* Protect us against freezing - iput() caller didn't have to have any
- * protection against it
+ * protection against it. When we are in a running transaction though,
+ * we are already protected against freezing and we cannot grab further
+ * protection due to lock ordering constraints.
*/
- sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+ if (!ext4_journal_current_handle()) {
+ sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+ freeze_protected = true;
+ }
if (!IS_NOQUOTA(inode))
extra_credits += EXT4_MAXQUOTAS_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb);
@@ -253,7 +259,8 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
* cleaned up.
*/
ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
- sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+ if (freeze_protected)
+ sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
goto no_delete;
}
@@ -294,7 +301,8 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
stop_handle:
ext4_journal_stop(handle);
ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
- sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+ if (freeze_protected)
+ sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
ext4_xattr_inode_array_free(ea_inode_array);
goto no_delete;
}
@@ -323,7 +331,8 @@ stop_handle:
else
ext4_free_inode(handle, inode);
ext4_journal_stop(handle);
- sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
+ if (freeze_protected)
+ sb_end_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
ext4_xattr_inode_array_free(ea_inode_array);
return;
no_delete: