1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
index 2e960e1049db..d78bfcc19156 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsglob.h
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ struct cifs_search_info {
 	bool smallBuf:1; /* so we know which buf_release function to call */
 };
 
-#define ACL_NO_MODE	-1
+#define ACL_NO_MODE	((umode_t)(-1))
 struct cifs_open_parms {
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
@@ -1391,6 +1391,11 @@ void cifsFileInfo_put(struct cifsFileInfo *cifs_file);
 struct cifsInodeInfo {
 	bool can_cache_brlcks;
 	struct list_head llist;	/* locks helb by this inode */
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: Some code paths call down_read(lock_sem) twice, so
+	 * we must always use use cifs_down_write() instead of down_write()
+	 * for this semaphore to avoid deadlocks.
+	 */
 	struct rw_semaphore lock_sem;	/* protect the fields above */
 	/* BB add in lists for dirty pages i.e. write caching info for oplock */
 	struct list_head openFileList;