ext4: return to starting transaction in ext4_dax_huge_fault()
commit fb26a1cb upstream. DAX will return to locking exceptional entry before mapping blocks for a page fault to fix possible races with concurrent writes. To avoid lock inversion between exceptional entry lock and transaction start, start the transaction already in ext4_dax_huge_fault(). Fixes: 9f141d6e Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170510085419.27601-4-jack@suse.czSigned-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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