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include/linux/fs.h: disable preempt when acquire i_size_seqcount write lock
authorFan Du <fan.du@windriver.com>
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 04:07:32 +0000 (15:07 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:33:56 +0000 (16:33 +1100)
commitce3f5e74bd039609f2daaebf5160827ce2b450a7
treedad01400c9d00fb21d4608321d0eb093585bc3cc
parent90f3593d6335cb53c4a919781ecdd2d5f6508513
include/linux/fs.h: disable preempt when acquire i_size_seqcount write lock

Two rt tasks bind to one CPU core.

The higher priority rt task A preempts a lower priority rt task B which
has already taken the write seq lock, and then the higher priority rt task
A try to acquire read seq lock, it's doomed to lockup.

rt task A with lower priority: call write
i_size_write                                        rt task B with higher priority: call sync, and preempt task A
  write_seqcount_begin(&inode->i_size_seqcount);    i_size_read
  inode->i_size = i_size;                             read_seqcount_begin <-- lockup here...

So disable preempt when acquiring every i_size_seqcount *write* lock will
cure the problem.

Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
include/linux/fs.h