text_combined: tom twangmountainviewdatacom hi xfs developers studying xfs code2419 found inode locked xfs_ilock_share flags get acl may cause deadlock getting acl allocate memory km_sleep memory tight process call xfs_strategy may lockxfs_ilock_sharethe inode two locks another process try lock inode xfs_ilock_excl two processes deadlock follows process get ea b process want lock ipa 1 xfs_ilockipa xfs_ilock_share get acl 2 xfs_ilockipa xfs_ilock_excl memory tight xfs_stragegy 3xfs_ilockipa xfs_ilock_share two processes dead lock believe acl allocation gfp_maskshould changed km_nofs right best regards wdd fri 06 sep 2002 171359 0700 deadlock problem