Revert "jffs2: Fix lock acquisition order bug in jffs2_write_begin"
commit 157078f6 upstream. This reverts commit 5ffd3412 ("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> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
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