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    fix the broken lockdep logic in __sb_start_write() · f4b554af
    Oleg Nesterov authored
    
    
    1. wait_event(frozen < level) without rwsem_acquire_read() is just
       wrong from lockdep perspective. If we are going to deadlock
       because the caller is buggy, lockdep can't detect this problem.
    
    2. __sb_start_write() can race with thaw_super() + freeze_super(),
       and after "goto retry" the 2nd  acquire_freeze_lock() is wrong.
    
    3. The "tell lockdep we are doing trylock" hack doesn't look nice.
    
       I think this is correct, but this logic should be more explicit.
       Yes, the recursive read_lock() is fine if we hold the lock on a
       higher level. But we do not need to fool lockdep. If we can not
       deadlock in this case then try-lock must not fail and we can use
       use wait == F throughout this code.
    
    Note: as Dave Chinner explains, the "trylock" hack and the fat comment
    can be probably removed. But this needs a separate change and it will
    be trivial: just kill __sb_start_write() and rename do_sb_start_write()
    back to __sb_start_write().
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarOleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.com>
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