[PATCH 3/4] add new lock ordering rule to mm/filemap.c

This patch adds a lock ordering rule to avoid a potential deadlock when
multiple mmap_sems need to be locked.

Signed-off-by: Dean Nelson <[email protected]>

Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c	2007-08-09 19:18:15.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c	2007-08-27 09:13:47.435717670 -0500
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@
  *  ->i_mutex			(generic_file_buffered_write)
  *    ->mmap_sem		(fault_in_pages_readable->do_page_fault)
  *
+ *    When taking multiple mmap_sems, one should lock the lowest-addressed
+ *    one first proceeding on up to the highest-addressed one.
+ *
  *  ->i_mutex
  *    ->i_alloc_sem             (various)
  *
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