linux-kernel - Re: WARNING: at block/genhd.c:1556 disk_clear

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Message-ID: <20110406212611.GA5131@sucs.org>
Date:	Wed, 6 Apr 2011 22:26:11 +0100
From:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: WARNING: at block/genhd.c:1556 disk_clear_events+0xdc/0xf0()

On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 06:04:23AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> I think disk_block_events was a bit too agressive with optimization.
> Can you please test the following patch and see whether the problem
> goes away?

With the 2.6.39-rc2 the warning has mysteriously disappeared all by
itself. Could it be that other parts of the kernel were causing this to
manifest itself?

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