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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 08:51:35 -0500 From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Cc: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org, Eryu Guan <eguan@...hat.com>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Kent Overstreet <kmo@...erainc.com>, linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10] aio: restore locking of ioctx list on removal On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 05:03:47PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 11:09:02AM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote: > > Commit 36f5588905c10a8c4568a210d601fe8c3c27e0f0 > > "aio: refcounting cleanup" resulted in ioctx_lock not being held > > during ctx removal, leaving the list susceptible to corruptions. > > > > In mainline kernel the issue went away as a side effect of > > db446a08c23d5475e6b08c87acca79ebb20f283c "aio: convert the ioctx list to > > table lookup v3". > > > > Fix the problem by restoring appropriate locking. > > Why can't I just take db446a08c23d5475e6b08c87acca79ebb20f283c instead? > Does it not work well enough, or is there other issues involved in it > that would keep it out of stable? > > Also, it seems like the performance increase of that patch would be good > to have backported, right? There are several aio patches that have to be applied to -stable, but I've just been waiting for some feedback now that they're in Linus' tree for a bit before pushing them to -stable. I'll review which ones are needed today and send out a recommended list of patches to apply. -ben > thanks, > > greg k-h > > -- > To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-aio' in > the body to majordomo@...ck.org. For more info on Linux AIO, > see: http://www.kvack.org/aio/ > Don't email: <a href=mailto:"aart@...ck.org">aart@...ck.org</a> -- "Thought is the essence of where you are now." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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