linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH -next v2 2/6] md: refactor action

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:00:10 +0800
From:   Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
To:     Xiao Ni <xni@...hat.com>, Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>,
        guoqing.jiang@...ux.dev, agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...nel.org,
        dm-devel@...hat.com, song@...nel.org
Cc:     yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        "yukuai (C)" <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH -next v2 2/6] md: refactor action_store() for
 'idle' and 'frozen'

Hi,

在 2023/06/13 16:02, Xiao Ni 写道:
> 
> 在 2023/5/29 下午9:20, Yu Kuai 写道:
>> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>>
>> Prepare to handle 'idle' and 'frozen' differently to fix a deadlock, 
>> there
>> are no functional changes except that MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING is checked
>> again after 'reconfig_mutex' is held.
> 
> 
> Can you explain more about why it needs to check MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING 
> again here?

As I explain in the following comment:
>> +    /*
>> +     * Check again in case MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING is cleared before lock is
>> +     * held.
>> +     */
>> +    if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery)) {
>> +        mddev_unlock(mddev);
>> +        return;
>> +    }

Thanks,
Kuai