Re: [RFC PATCH] shrink_dcache_parent() deadlock

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Dave Chinner (1):
>      dcache: use a dispose list in select_parent

Hmm. Should this also have been marked for stable? I'm assuming that
the possible deadlock (strictly speaking it's a livelock, I guess?)
goes back several releases.

Anyway, it's in my tree now, I suspect it would be good to pick at
least as far back as it trivially applies.

Greg - commit b48f03b319ba78f3abf9a7044d1f436d8d90f4f9.

                           Linus
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