linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4]nbd: fixes for nbd

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Date:	Mon, 30 May 2016 14:27:09 +0200
From:	Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
To:	"Pranay Kr. Srivastava" <pranjas@...il.com>
Cc:	nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4]nbd: fixes for nbd

Hi,

On Tuesday 24 May 2016 14:26:24 Pranay Kr. Srivastava wrote:
> This patch series fixes the following
> 
> 1) fix might_sleep warning on socket shutdown:
>    Fix sock_shutdown to avoid calling kernel_sock_shutdown
>    while holding spin_lock.
> 
> 2)fix various coding standard warnings
>    Make shutdown get called in a process context instead, using
>    system_wq.
> 
> 3) make nbd device wait for its users.
>    When a timeout or error occurs then nbd driver simply kills
>    the block device. Many filesystem(s) example ext2/ext3 don't
>    expect their buffer heads to disappear like that. Fix this
>    by making nbd device wait for its users.
> 
> 4) use device_attr macros for sysfs attribute
>    use DEVICE_ATTR_RO for sysfs pid attribute.

Thanks, I applied patches 2 and 4. For the next version please add a
"nbd: " prefix to the other patches.

Best Regards,

Markus

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