mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
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.

  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

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20040908033628.GV23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --to=viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk \
    --cc=developers@coverity.com \
    --cc=engler@coverity.dreamhost.com \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®