dm bufio: avoid a possible ABBA deadlock
__get_memory_limit() tests if dm_bufio_cache_size changed and calls __cache_size_refresh() if it did. It takes dm_bufio_clients_lock while it already holds the client lock. However, lock ordering is violated because in cleanup_old_buffers() dm_bufio_clients_lock is taken before the client lock. This results in a possible deadlock and lockdep engine warning. Fix this deadlock by changing mutex_lock() to mutex_trylock(). If the lock can't be taken, it will be re-checked next time when a new buffer is allocated. Also add "unlikely" to the if condition, so that the optimizer assumes that the condition is false. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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