On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 01:44:19PM -0800, Liu Bo wrote:
> If @block_group is not @used_bg, it'll try to get @used_bg's lock without
> droping @block_group 's lock and lockdep has throwed a scary deadlock warning
> about it.
> Fix it by using down_read_nested.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Bo <bo.li....@oracle.com>
> ---
>  fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> index 210c94a..cdb082a 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> @@ -7394,7 +7394,8 @@ btrfs_lock_cluster(struct btrfs_block_group_cache 
> *block_group,
>  
>               spin_unlock(&cluster->refill_lock);
>  
> -             down_read(&used_bg->data_rwsem);
> +             /* We should only have one-level nested. */
> +             down_read_nested(&used_bg->data_rwsem, 1);

While looking what down_read_nested does, I've found
SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING, defined to 1. I'd rather use it instead of '1', as
it gives more more pointers to the docs.
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