tree 4d08110ea4560b433eecb4fa4de05dae6ea103e9
parent 8e36709d8cea48a4d341294ce2b46678a2e77159
author Ravikiran G Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org> 1139565073 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> 1139587992 -0800

[PATCH] slab: Avoid deadlock at kmem_cache_create/kmem_cache_destroy

Prevents deadlock situation between
kmem_cache_create()/kmem_cache_destory(), and kmem_cache_create() /cpu
hotplug.  The locking order probably got moved over time.

Signed-off-by: Ravikiran Thirumalai <kiran@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Shai Fultheim <shai@scalex86.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>