linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trace/blktrace: fix task hung in blk_trace

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Message-ID: <27bf629b-7549-4f15-8d88-cbc2def86df3@kernel.dk>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:54:44 -0700
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>,
 syzbot+2373f6be3e6de4f92562@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dvyukov@...gle.com,
 linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
 mhiramat@...nel.org, pengfei.xu@...el.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
 syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trace/blktrace: fix task hung in blk_trace_remove

On 1/31/24 6:28 AM, Edward Adam Davis wrote:
> Delete critical sections that are time-consuming and protected by other mutexes
> to avoid this issue.

What is "this issue"?

-- 
Jens Axboe