linux-kernel - Re: bio linked list corruption.

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 18:00:34 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:     Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
        linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Subject: Re: bio linked list corruption.

On 10/26/2016 05:47 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 07:38:08PM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
>
>  > >-	hctx->queued++;
>  > >-	data->hctx = hctx;
>  > >-	data->ctx = ctx;
>  > >+	data->hctx = alloc_data.hctx;
>  > >+	data->ctx = alloc_data.ctx;
>  > >+	data->hctx->queued++;
>  > > 	return rq;
>  > > }
>  >
>  > This made it through an entire dbench 2048 run on btrfs.  My script has
>  > it running in a loop, but this is farther than I've gotten before.
>  > Looking great so far.
>
> Fixed the splat during boot for me too.
> Now the fun part, let's see if it fixed the 'weird shit' that Trinity
> was stumbling on.

Let's let the testing simmer overnight, then I'll turn this into a real
patch tomorrow and get it submitted.

-- 
Jens Axboe