linux-kernel - Re: Strange block/scsi/workqueue issue

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Date:	Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:01:58 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange block/scsi/workqueue issue

Hello, guys.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 03:17:46PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 22:12 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > This patch looks pretty clean. Shouldn't you serialize that ->queuedata
> > = NULL assignment with the queue lock, though?
> 
> pointer assignment is atomic, isn't it?  As in on a 32 bit arch, it
> definitely is, and I thought on 64 bits it also was.  So a simultaneous
> reader either sees previous value or NULL.

What was the conclusion of this thread?  James' fix seems minimal and
good for this cycle but I don't see it there yet.  Jens, James?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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