linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH UPDATED 2/3 v2.6.39-rc7] block: make disk_block_events() properly wait for work cancellation

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 21:34:58 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Meelis Roos <mroos@...ux.ee>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH UPDATED 2/3 v2.6.39-rc7] block: make disk_block_events()
  properly wait for work cancellation

On 2011-05-17 17:47, Tejun Heo wrote:
> disk_block_events() should guarantee that the event work is not in
> flight on return and once blocked it shouldn't issue further
> cancellations.
> 
> Because there was no synchronization between the first blocker doing
> cancel_delayed_work_sync() and the following blockers, the following
> blockers could finish before cancellation was complete, which broke
> both guarantees - event work could be in flight and cancellation could
> happen after return.
> 
> This bug triggered WARN_ON_ONCE() in disk_clear_events() reported in
> bug#34662.
> 
>   https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34662
> 
> Fix it by adding an outer mutex which protects both block count
> manipulation and work cancellation.
> 
> -v2: Use outer mutex instead of bit waitqueue per Linus.

Thanks, much cleaner indeed. I've rebased for-linus. BTW, this is patch
3/3, not 2/3. Had me confused for a while, the numbering on the initial
series was off as well.

I'll let this simmer until tomorrow, then send out the pull request.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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