From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk
To: Dawson Engler <engler@coverity.dreamhost.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, developers@coverity.com
Subject: Re: [CHECKER] possible reiserfs deadlock in 2.6.8.1
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 04:36:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040908033628.GV23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0409072016090.12274@coverity.dreamhost.com>
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 08:16:53PM -0700, Dawson Engler wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> below is a possible deadlock in the linux-2.6.8.1 reiserfs code found by
> a static deadlock checker I'm writing. Let me know if it looks valid
> and/or whether the output is too cryptic. Note, one of the locks is
> through a struct pointer, so the deadlock depends on both acquisitions
> being to the same struct.
Not valid, for the same reason as the above. BKL and down() do not form
a mutual deadlock.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-08 3:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-08 3:16 Dawson Engler
2004-09-08 3:36 ` viro [this message]
2004-09-08 5:10 ` Dawson Engler
2004-09-12 18:37 ` Herbert Poetzl
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