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The locking policy is such that the erase_complete_block spinlock is
nested within the alloc_sem mutex.  This fixes a case in which the
acquisition order was erroneously reversed.  This issue was caught by
the following lockdep splat:

   =======================================================
   [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
   3.0.5 #1
   -------------------------------------------------------
   jffs2_gcd_mtd6/299 is trying to acquire lock:
    (&c->alloc_sem){+.+.+.}, at: [<c01f7714>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x314/0x890

   but task is already holding lock:
    (&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<c01f7708>] jffs2_garbage_collect_pass+0x308/0x890

   which lock already depends on the new lock.

   the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

   -> #1 (&(&c->erase_completion_lock)->rlock){+.+...}:
          [<c008bec4>] validate_chain+0xe6c/0x10bc
          [<c008c660>] __lock_acquire+0x54c/0xba4
    ...