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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808011007240.3277@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
cc: Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PULL REQUEST] md bug fixes and minor improvements
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Neil Brown wrote:
>
> Hi Linus,
> please pull the following bugfixes for drivers/md.
Hmm. This doesn't seem to include any fix for the reported unlocked
blk_plug() from MD?
See the emails from Rafael on the kernel mailing list for details
(WARNING: at /home/rafael/src/linux-next/include/linux/blkdev.h:447), but
it boils down to
WARNING: at /home/rafael/src/linux-2.6/include/linux/blkdev.h:447 blk_plug_device+0x9b/0xb0()
Pid: 2268, comm: kjournald Not tainted 2.6.27-rc1-git #211
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8023af5f>] warn_on_slowpath+0x5f/0x80
[<ffffffff8034fc7b>] blk_plug_device+0x9b/0xb0
[<ffffffff8044d5bf>] bitmap_startwrite+0xbf/0x1b0
where it really looks like "bitmap_startwrite()" just calls
blk_plug_device() without holding the queue lock. The rule for that
function is documented to be:
* This is called with interrupts off and no requests on the queue and
* with the queue lock held.
Hmm?
Now, admittedly, the blk interfaces here are a bit inconsistent: I think
blk_unplug() is supposed to be called _without_ the lock, so it's a bit
odd that blk_plug_device() is supposed to b called with it held, but
somebody should double-check me on that one.
I guess Jens is gone too..
Linus
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