ext4: fix xattr deadlock From: Kalpak Shah ext4_xattr_set_handle() eventually ends up calling ext4_mark_inode_dirty() which tries to expand the inode by shifting the EAs. This leads to the xattr_sem being downed again and leading to a deadlock. This patch makes sure that if ext4_xattr_set_handle() is in the call-chain, ext4_mark_inode_dirty() will not expand the inode. Signed-off-by: Kalpak Shah Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- Index: linux-2.6.27-rc7/fs/ext4/xattr.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.27-rc7.orig/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ linux-2.6.27-rc7/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_xattr_block_find bs = { .s = { .not_found = -ENODATA, }, }; + unsigned long no_expand; int error; if (!name) @@ -966,6 +967,9 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, if (strlen(name) > 255) return -ERANGE; down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem); + no_expand = EXT4_I(inode)->i_state & EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND; + EXT4_I(inode)->i_state |= EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND; + error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &is.iloc); if (error) goto cleanup; @@ -1042,6 +1046,8 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, cleanup: brelse(is.iloc.bh); brelse(bs.bh); + if (no_expand == 0) + EXT4_I(inode)->i_state &= ~EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND; up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem); return error; }