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ext3: crossport ext3 sb_lock changes

Eric Sandeen linux-ext4 1 version New

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1/4ext3: Remove outdated comment about lock_super()fs/ext3/super.c+1 -80 replies
2/4ext3: ext3_mark_recovery_complete() doesn't need to use lock_superfs/ext3/super.c+0 -80 replies
3/4ext3: Replace lock/unlock_super() with an explicit lock for the orphan listfs/ext3/namei.c fs/ext3/super.c include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h+13 -90 replies
4/4ext3: Replace lock/unlock_super() with an explicit lock for resizingfs/ext3/resize.c fs/ext3/super.c include/linux/ext3_fs_sb.h+20 -170 replies

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Cover letter [PATCH 0/4] ext3: crossport ext3 sb_lock changes

I ran into a deadlock in ext3 resize due to orphan list manipulation and filesystem resizing both wanting to grab the sb_lock, and stepping on each other.

This patch series backports 4 ext4 commits to ext3, pretty trivial changes to un-overload the superblock lock.

Thanks,
-Eric