[patch 19/36] ext4: Dont overwrite allocation_context ac_status

[Greg KH]

2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

(cherry picked from commit 032115fcef837a00336ddf7bda584e89789ea498)

We can call ext4_mb_check_limits even after successfully allocating
the requested blocks.  In that case, make sure we don't overwrite
ac_status if it already has the status AC_STATUS_FOUND.  This fixes
the lockdep warning:

=============================================
[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
2.6.28-rc6-autokern1 #1
---------------------------------------------
fsstress/11948 is trying to acquire lock:
 (&meta_group_info[i]->alloc_sem){----}, at: [<c04d9a49>] ext4_mb_load_buddy+0x9f/0x278
.....

stack backtrace:
.....
 [<c04db974>] ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0xbb5/0xd44
.....

but task is already holding lock:
 (&meta_group_info[i]->alloc_sem){----}, at: [<c04d9a49>] ext4_mb_load_buddy+0x9f/0x278

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1326,6 +1326,8 @@ static void ext4_mb_check_limits(struct 
 	struct ext4_free_extent ex;
 	int max;
 
+	if (ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * We don't want to scan for a whole year
 	 */

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