Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758096AbZDNRvX (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:51:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754580AbZDNRta (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:30 -0400 Received: from fxip-0047f.externet.hu ([88.209.222.127]:56537 "EHLO pomaz-ex.szeredi.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757147AbZDNRt0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:49:26 -0400 Message-Id: <20090414174835.487031939@szeredi.hu> User-Agent: quilt/0.45-1 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:48:35 +0200 From: Miklos Szeredi To: jens.axboe@oracle.com, mfasheh@suse.com Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [patch 0/6] fix i_mutex locking in splice to file Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 585 Lines: 21 Jens, Mark, This series deals with the problem of generic_file_splice_write() and ocfs2_file_splice_write() holding i_mutex (and ocfs2 lock) on destination inode across pipe_wait(), which waits for a user controlled event. Lightly tested on ext3. The OCFS2 changes have only been compile tested. Please review/test. Thanks, Miklos -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/