On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:16:53 -0800 Zach Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ugh, I thought the preallocation was getting freed elsewhere, but it > > looks like I was wrong. We can't just skip the i_mutex after all, > > sorry. > > Ah, so none of those tests at the top will stop tail packing if > there's been pre-allocation? > > Like, uh, the inode reference count test? > It always drops prealloc, regardless of i_count. One fix is to change the prealloc routines to take/drop a reference on the inode. preallocation is already dropped when the transaction ends, so things would continue working. -chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/