Re: [PATCH] xen/blkback: Check for insane amounts of request on thering.

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Fri Jun 07 2013 - 11:42:09 EST


On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 12:47:35PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 05.06.13 at 19:35, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > @@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ static int xen_blkif_map(struct xen_blkif *blkif, unsigned long shared_page,
> > static void xen_blkif_disconnect(struct xen_blkif *blkif)
> > {
> > if (blkif->xenblkd) {
> > + wake_up(&blkif->shutdown_wq);
> > kthread_stop(blkif->xenblkd);
> > blkif->xenblkd = NULL;
> > }
>
> Btw., wouldn't the wake_up() better be done after the kthread_stop(),
> so that when the corresponding wait_event_interruptible() checks
> whether to exit the terminating kthread_should_stop() is guaranteed
> to evaluate to true (otherwise I think there's potential for it to never
> exit)?

I think you are right. I did the change and the tests were OK.
>
> Jan
>
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