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SubjectRe: dio_get_page() lockdep complaints
On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 13:53:27 -0500
Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:35:04 -0800
> Zach Brown <zach.brown@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> > > Without getting into a huge patch, the best fix would just be
> > > switching to try lock. If the tail doesn't get packed, the world
> > > doesn't end.
> >
> > So, something like this?
>
> Reviewed-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
>

Ugh, I thought the preallocation was getting freed elsewhere, but it
looks like I was wrong. We can't just skip the i_mutex after all,
sorry.

-chris
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