f2fs: fix lock dependency in between dio_rwsem & i_mmap_sem
test/generic/208 reports a potential deadlock as below: Chain exists of: &mm->mmap_sem --> &fi->i_mmap_sem --> &fi->dio_rwsem[WRITE] Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&fi->dio_rwsem[WRITE]); lock(&fi->i_mmap_sem); lock(&fi->dio_rwsem[WRITE]); lock(&mm->mmap_sem); This patch changes the lock dependency as below in fallocate() to fix this issue: - dio_rwsem - i_mmap_sem Fixes: bb06664a ("f2fs: avoid race in between GC and block exchange") Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
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