Revert "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in jffs2_write_begin"
This reverts commit 5ffd3412ae55
("jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in jffs2_write_begin").
The commit modified jffs2_write_begin() to remove a deadlock with
jffs2_garbage_collect_live(), but this introduced new deadlocks found
by multiple users. page_lock() actually has to be called before
mutex_lock(&c->alloc_sem) or mutex_lock(&f->sem) because
jffs2_write_end() and jffs2_readpage() are called with the page locked,
and they acquire c->alloc_sem and f->sem, resp.
In other words, the lock order in jffs2_write_begin() was correct, and
it is the jffs2_garbage_collect_live() path that has to be changed.
Revert the commit to get rid of the new deadlocks, and to clear the way
for a better fix of the original deadlock.
Reported-by: Deng Chao <deng.chao1@zte.com.cn>
Reported-by: Ming Liu <liu.ming50@gmail.com>
Reported-by: wangzaiwei <wangzaiwei@top-vision.cn>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Betker <thomas.betker@rohde-schwarz.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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