[PATCH][BUG] nfsd may deadlock (linux-2.5.8)

[Hirokazu Takahashi]

Hi,

I fixed a nfsd bug.
KNFSDs will deadlock in nfsd_symlink() as they try to grab i_sem doubly,
though the i_sem is already grabbed by fh_lock().

Thank you,
Hirokazu Takahashi.

--- linux/fs/nfsd/vfs.c.ORG	Sat Apr 20 09:09:30 2002
+++ linux/fs/nfsd/vfs.c	Mon Apr 22 06:08:51 2002
@@ -1127,9 +1135,7 @@
 				iap->ia_valid |= ATTR_CTIME;
 				iap->ia_mode = (iap->ia_mode&S_IALLUGO)
 					| S_IFLNK;
-				down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
 				err = notify_change(dnew, iap);
-				up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem);
 				if (!err && EX_ISSYNC(fhp->fh_export))
 					write_inode_now(dentry->d_inode, 1);
 		       }