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From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>
Cc: adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] ext4: use DEFINE_MUTEX (and mutex_init() had been too late)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 20:55:44 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <X+P1IKbjELeomyeo@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201223141254.559-1-zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:12:54PM +0800, Zheng Yongjun wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>

Why is mutex_init() too late?  We only take the mutex after we
mounting an ext4 file system, and that can't happen until ext4_init_fs
is called.

					- Ted

>  fs/ext4/super.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 94472044f4c1..8776f06a639d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
>  #include <trace/events/ext4.h>
>  
>  static struct ext4_lazy_init *ext4_li_info;
> -static struct mutex ext4_li_mtx;
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(ext4_li_mtx);
>  static struct ratelimit_state ext4_mount_msg_ratelimit;
>  
>  static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext4_super_block *,
> @@ -6640,7 +6640,6 @@ static int __init ext4_init_fs(void)
>  
>  	ratelimit_state_init(&ext4_mount_msg_ratelimit, 30 * HZ, 64);
>  	ext4_li_info = NULL;
> -	mutex_init(&ext4_li_mtx);
>  
>  	/* Build-time check for flags consistency */
>  	ext4_check_flag_values();
> -- 
> 2.22.0
> 

      reply	other threads:[~2020-12-24  1:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-23 14:12 Zheng Yongjun
2020-12-24  1:55 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o [this message]

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