linux-kernel - Re: -rc3 regression (was Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang )

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Message-Id: <200803040133.07736.bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Mar 2008 01:33:07 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Anders Eriksson <aeriksson@...tmail.fm>
Cc:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux IDE mailing list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: -rc3 regression (was Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang )

On Tuesday 04 March 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Untested patch which may help in case that set_pio_mode() raced with
> the queueing of the special request and block layer doesn't call
> ->request_fn_proc again if we were preempted previously (if PREEMPT=y).

I need some sleep...  this patch is not going to help (though disabling
PREEMPT may be worth a try).  Sorry for the confusion.

Bart
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