recursive lock-enter-deadlock

[R.Oehler@GDImbH.com]

A short question (I don't have a recent 2.4.x at hand, currently):

Is this recursive lock-enter-deadlock (2.4.0) fixed in newer kernels?

Regards,
        Ralf





void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space * mapping, loff_t lstart) 
{
        unsigned long start = (lstart + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
        unsigned partial = lstart & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);

repeat:
        spin_lock(&pagecache_lock);
        if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->clean_pages, start, &partial))
                goto repeat;
        if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->dirty_pages, start, &partial))
                goto repeat;
        if (truncate_list_pages(&mapping->locked_pages, start, &partial))
                goto repeat;
        spin_unlock(&pagecache_lock);
}

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