[Ocfs2-devel] [RFC][PATCH 4/4] configfs: Make multiple default_group destructions lockdep friendly

Joel Becker Joel.Becker at oracle.com
Mon Jun 2 16:07:21 PDT 2008


	A couple comments.
	First, put a BUG_ON() where you have BAD BAD BAD - we shouldn't
be creating a depth we can't delete.

> @@ -392,6 +437,10 @@ static int configfs_detach_prep(struct d
>  			 * deep nesting of default_groups
>  			 */
>  			ret = configfs_detach_prep(sd->s_dentry);
> +			/* Update parent's lock_level so that remaining
> +			 * sibling children keep on globally increasing
> +			 * lock_level */
> +			copy_dirent_lock_level(sd, parent_sd);
>  			if (!ret)
>  				continue;
>  		} else

	I'm not sure I get this hunk.  If our parent was 1 and we are 2,
we are copying 2 to our parent so the parent can only have other
children at 3?

Joel

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