Re: [ext4] e2ae766c1b: BUG:sleeping_function_called_from_invalid_context_at_kernel/locking/rwsem.c

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Mon Dec 12 2016 - 18:00:32 EST


On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 03:48:51PM -0700, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 05:37:36PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > Is this problem likely to happen in other file systems? Should I take
> > this path through the ext4 tree, or would it be better via some other
> > git tree?
> >
> > - Ted
>
> The problem is in the generic DAX code and affects ext4 and xfs equally (ext2
> doesn't support PMDs).

Any preferences about how to send this patch to Linus? This issue is
the only thing that was causing me to hold off on sending a pull
request to Linus....

- Ted