linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix soft lockup with iSeries viocd driver

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Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2007 00:37:48 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	tony@...eyournoodle.com (Tony Breeds)
Cc:	Linux Kernel ML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix soft lockup with iSeries viocd driver

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:56:40 +1100 tony@...eyournoodle.com (Tony Breeds) wrote:

> From: Tony Breeds <tony@...eyournoodle.com>
> 
> Fix soft lockup with iSeries viocd driver, caused by eventually calling
> end_that_request_first() with nr_bytes 0.
> 
> The lockup is triggered by hald, interrogating the device.
> 

What causes the lockup, and how does this patch fix it?

> 
> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.20-rc5.orig/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
> +++ linux-2.6.20-rc5/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
> @@ -376,6 +376,25 @@ static int send_request(struct request *
>         return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static void viocd_end_request(struct request *req, int uptodate)
> +{
> +       int nsectors = req->hard_nr_sectors;

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