Hi Ingo,
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 09:41:22PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
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> Subject: remove bkl: reiserfs fix
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Date: Wed May 14 16:26:36 CEST 2008
> 
> avoid j_commit_lock deadlock. Since the down() can block it is
> safe to drop the BKL here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> ---
>  fs/reiserfs/journal.c |    2 ++
>  fs/super.c            |    2 ++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
> +++ linux/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
> @@ -1044,8 +1044,10 @@ static int flush_commit_list(struct supe
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +//	unlock_kernel();
 ^^^^
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>  	/* make sure nobody is trying to flush this one at the same time */
>  	down(&jl->j_commit_lock);
> +//	lock_kernel();
 ^^^^
quoted text
>  	if (!journal_list_still_alive(s, trans_id)) {
>  		up(&jl->j_commit_lock);
>  		goto put_jl;
Must be a typo?

Regards,
Frederik
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