[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: fix __ocfs2_cluster_lock() dead lock

[Wengang Wang]

Hi Joel and Sunil,

Sure I agree with what is doing with the patches --It's just a reminder
not to forget it :).

regards,
wengang.

On 10-01-10 02:05, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 10:24:10AM -0800, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> > This needs testing. Joel has forwarded it to Fabbione who has a
> > testcase that we believe triggers this issue. If that works, I'll
> > push this in the 1.6 testing tree. That way we'll know (a) the patch
> > fixes the problem, and (b) does not break other things. This is a
> > tricky function. We are just being careful.
> 
> Wengang,
> 	Like Sunil said, this is a very critical part of the code.  Our
> locking code is the biggest place for lockups and corruptions to happen.
> We always take the safe route here.  We're working to test both of your
> patches.
> 
> Joel
> 
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