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    [GFS2] Fix change nlink deadlock · 5509826f
    S. Wendy Cheng authored
    
    
    Bugzilla 215088
    
    Fix deadlock in gfs2_change_nlink() while installing RHEL5 into GFS2
    partition. The gfs2_rename() apparently needs block allocation for the
    new name (into the directory) where it requires rg locks. At the same
    time, while updating the nlink count for the replaced file,
    gfs2_change_nlink() tries to return the inode meta-data back to resource
    group where it needs rg locks too. Our logic doesn't allow process to
    acquire these locks recursively by the same process  (RHEL installer)
    that results a BUG call. This only happens within rename code path and
    only if the destination file exists before the rename operation.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarS. Wendy Cheng <wcheng@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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