f2fs: don't GC or take an fs_lock from f2fs_initxattrs()
f2fs_initxattrs() is called internally from within F2FS and should not call functions that are used by VFS handlers. This avoids certain deadlocks: - vfs_create() - f2fs_create() <-- takes an fs_lock - f2fs_add_link() - __f2fs_add_link() - init_inode_metadata() - f2fs_init_security() - security_inode_init_security() - f2fs_initxattrs() - f2fs_setxattr() <-- also takes an fs_lock If the caller happens to grab the same fs_lock from the pool in both places, they will deadlock. There are also deadlocks involving multiple threads and mutexes: - f2fs_write_begin() - f2fs_balance_fs() <-- takes gc_mutex - f2fs_gc() - write_checkpoint() - block_operations() - mutex_lock_all() <-- blocks trying to grab all fs_locks - f2fs_mkdir() <-- takes an fs_lock - __f2fs_add_link() - f2fs_init_security() - security_inode_init_security() - f2fs_initxattrs() - f2fs_setxattr() - f2fs_balance_fs() <-- blocks trying to take gc_mutex Signed-off-by: Russ Knize <Russ.Knize@motorola.com> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@samsung.com>
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