Re: jffs2 deadlock introduced in linux 2.6.22.5

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Fri Aug 31 2007 - 17:32:45 EST


On 31/08/2007, Jason Lunz <lunz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 11:23:55AM -0700, Jason Lunz wrote:
> > commit 1d8715b388c978b0f1b1bf4812fcee0e73b023d7 was added between
> > 2.6.22.4 and 2.6.22.5 to cure a locking problem, but it seems to have
> > introduced another (worse?) one.
>
> I spoke too soon. I checked more carefully, and this problem was
> introduced somewhere between 2.6.21 and 2.6.22. The jffs2 fix in
> 2.6.22.5 isn't the culprit.
>

Sounds like this belongs on the regression tracking page at
http://kernelnewbies.org/known_regressions and/or in a bugzilla
(http://bugzilla.kernel.org/) bugreport so it doesn't get lost.

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