Re: [PULL REQUEST] md bug fixes and minor improvements

From: Dan Williams
Date: Fri Aug 01 2008 - 13:35:01 EST



On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 19:22 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> It is a bit asymmetrical, largely due to the fact that the ->unplug_fn()
> itself grabs the lock. The below patch should fix it, since Neil has
> added a proper queue lock to the md queues. If someone can confirm that
> this fixes it, I'll queue up a patch with proper descriptions.
>
> > I guess Jens is gone too..
>
> I'm back, just been busy this week :-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> index 621a272..f19b52f 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
> @@ -1234,7 +1234,9 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
> case 0:
> bitmap_file_set_bit(bitmap, offset);
> bitmap_count_page(bitmap,offset, 1);
> + spin_lock_irq(&bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
> blk_plug_device(bitmap->mddev->queue);
> + spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
> /* fall through */
> case 1:
> *bmc = 2;
>

We also need to protect the blk_plug_device call a few lines down (and
an obvious compile fix).

diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 621a272..c1b07e7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,9 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
prepare_to_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait,
TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->lock);
+ spin_lock_irq(bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
blk_unplug(bitmap->mddev->queue);
+ spin_unlock_irq(bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
schedule();
finish_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait);
continue;
@@ -1234,7 +1236,9 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
case 0:
bitmap_file_set_bit(bitmap, offset);
bitmap_count_page(bitmap,offset, 1);
+ spin_lock_irq(bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
blk_plug_device(bitmap->mddev->queue);
+ spin_unlock_irq(bitmap->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
/* fall through */
case 1:
*bmc = 2;



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