linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 37/45] drivers: use req op accessor

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Date:	Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:47:47 -0500
From:	Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>
To:	Ross Zwisler <zwisler@...il.com>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, axboe@...com
Cc:	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
	drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com, philipp.reisner@...bit.com,
	lars.ellenberg@...bit.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, target-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, osd-dev@...n-osd.org,
	XFS Developers <xfs@....sgi.com>, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 37/45] drivers: use req op accessor

On 08/03/2016 05:33 PM, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 1:32 PM,  <mchristi@...hat.com> wrote:
>> From: Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>
>>
>> The req operation REQ_OP is separated from the rq_flag_bits
>> definition. This converts the block layer drivers to
>> use req_op to get the op from the request struct.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/block/loop.c              |  6 +++---
>>  drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c |  2 +-
>>  drivers/block/nbd.c               |  2 +-
>>  drivers/block/rbd.c               |  4 ++--
>>  drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c      |  8 +++++---
>>  drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c          |  2 +-
>>  drivers/md/dm.c                   |  2 +-
>>  drivers/mmc/card/block.c          |  7 +++----
>>  drivers/mmc/card/queue.c          |  6 ++----
> 
> Dave Chinner reported a deadlock with XFS + DAX, which I reproduced
> and bisected to this commit:
> 
> commit c2df40dfb8c015211ec55f4b1dd0587f875c7b34
> Author: Mike Christie <mchristi@...hat.com>
> Date:   Sun Jun 5 14:32:17 2016 -0500
> drivers: use req op accessor
> 
> Here are the steps to reproduce the deadlock with a BRD ramdisk:
> 
> mkfs.xfs -f /dev/ram0
> mount -o dax /dev/ram0 /mnt/scratch

When using ramdisks, we need the attached patch like in your other bug
report. I think it will fix some hangs people are seeing.

I do not think that it should cause the failure to run issue you saw
when doing generic/008 and ext2.


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