spu_forget will do mmput on the DMA address space, which can lead to lots of other stuff getting triggered. We better not hold a semaphore here that we might need in the process. Noticed by Al Viro. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Index: linux-cg/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c =================================================================== --- linux-cg.orig/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c 2005-12-22 12:26:03.000000000 +0000 +++ linux-cg/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/inode.c 2005-12-22 13:25:19.000000000 +0000 @@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ { struct dentry *dentry, *tmp; struct spu_context *ctx; - int err; /* remove all entries */ - err = 0; + down(&root->i_sem); + down(&dir_dentry->d_inode->i_sem); list_for_each_entry_safe(dentry, tmp, &dir_dentry->d_subdirs, d_child) { spin_lock(&dcache_lock); spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); @@ -181,16 +181,16 @@ spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); } } + shrink_dcache_parent(dir_dentry); + up(&dir_dentry->d_inode->i_sem); + up(&root->i_sem); /* We have to give up the mm_struct */ ctx = SPUFS_I(dir_dentry->d_inode)->i_ctx; spu_forget(ctx); - if (!err) { - shrink_dcache_parent(dir_dentry); - err = simple_rmdir(root, dir_dentry); - } - return err; + /* XXX Do we need to hold i_sem here ? */ + return simple_rmdir(root, dir_dentry); } static int spufs_dir_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) @@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ dentry = file->f_dentry; dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode; - down(&dir->i_sem); - ret = spufs_rmdir(dir, file->f_dentry); + + ret = spufs_rmdir(dir, dentry); WARN_ON(ret); - up(&dir->i_sem); + return dcache_dir_close(inode, file); } --