Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 3 authors, 2007-11-14

Re: [PATCH 0/3] mmap vs NFS

From: Trond Myklebust <hidden>
Date: 2007-11-14 21:27:29
Also in: linux-arch, linux-fsdevel, lkml

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 21:01 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
Currently there is an AB-BA deadlock in NFS mmap.

nfs_file_mmap() can take i_mutex, while holding mmap_sem, whereas the regular
locking order is the other way around.

This patch-set attempts to solve this issue.
Looks good from the NFS point of view.

Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <redacted>

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