linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc2-mm2

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Date:	Tue, 6 Mar 2007 10:06:23 +0100
From:	"J.A. Magallón" <jamagallon@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc2-mm2

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:44:08 -0800, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> 
> Temporarily at
> 
>   http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/2.6.21-rc2-mm2/
> 

Does this include a fix for the NFS problem ?

BTW, I have in my kernel a patch like this below, isn't it needed ?
Original thread:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117189051227292&w=2

--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -2919,14 +2919,14 @@ static int __make_request(request_queue_
 	 */
 	blk_queue_bounce(q, &bio);
 
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	/*
 	 * Check if we can merge with the plugged list before grabbing
 	 * any locks.
 	 */
 	if (!check_plug_merge(q, ioc, bio))
-		goto out;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
 	el_ret = elv_merge(q, &req, bio);
 	if (el_ret == ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE) {
 		if (bio_attempt_back_merge(q, req, bio)) {
@@ -2984,7 +2984,6 @@ out_unlock:
 		list_add_tail(&req->queuelist, &ioc->plugged_list);
 	}
 
-out:
 	return 0;
 
 end_io_eopnotsupp:

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