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    kill-the-bkl/reiserfs: fix "reiserfs lock" / "inode mutex" lock inversion dependency · ae635c0b
    Frederic Weisbecker authored
    reiserfs_xattr_init is called with the reiserfs write lock held, but
    if the ".reiserfs_priv" entry is not created, we take the superblock
    root directory inode mutex until .reiserfs_priv is created.
    
    This creates a lock dependency inversion against other sites such as
    reiserfs_file_release() which takes an inode mutex and the reiserfs
    lock after.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFrederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>
    Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@gmail.com>
    Cc: Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr>
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