linux/drivers/md
NeilBrown 271f5a9b8f Remove invalidate_partition call from do_md_stop.
When stopping an md array, or just switching to read-only, we
currently call invalidate_partition while holding the mddev lock.
The main reason for this is probably to ensure all dirty buffers
are flushed (invalidate_partition calls fsync_bdev).

However if any dirty buffers are found, it will almost certainly cause
a deadlock as starting writeout will require an update to the
superblock, and performing that updates requires taking the mddev
lock - which is already held.

This deadlock can be demonstrated by running "reboot -f -n" with
a root filesystem on md/raid, and some dirty buffers in memory.

All other calls to stop an array should already happen after a flush.
The normal sequence is to stop using the array (e.g. umount) which
will cause __blkdev_put to call sync_blockdev.  Then open the
array and issue the STOP_ARRAY ioctl while the buffers are all still
clean.

So this invalidate_partition is normally a no-op, except for one case
where it will cause a deadlock.

So remove it.

This patch possibly addresses the regression recored in
   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11460
and
   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11452

though it isn't yet clear how it ever worked.


Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2008-09-01 12:32:52 +10:00
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raid6test md: raid6: clean up the style of raid6test/test.c 2008-02-06 10:41:18 -08:00
.gitignore gitignore: misc files 2006-01-01 22:21:50 +01:00
bitmap.c md: the bitmap code needs to use blk_plug_device_unlocked() 2008-08-01 20:32:31 +02:00
dm-bio-list.h dm: bio_list macro renaming 2007-10-20 02:01:11 +01:00
dm-bio-record.h
dm-crypt.c dm crypt: add merge 2008-07-21 12:00:40 +01:00
dm-delay.c dm: bio_list macro renaming 2007-10-20 02:01:11 +01:00
dm-exception-store.c dm: move include files 2008-04-25 13:26:55 +01:00
dm-io.c dm: unplug queues in threads 2008-04-25 13:26:57 +01:00
dm-ioctl.c dm ioctl: use uninitialized_var 2008-02-08 02:10:16 +00:00
dm-kcopyd.c dm: unplug queues in threads 2008-04-25 13:26:57 +01:00
dm-linear.c dm: linear add merge 2008-07-21 12:00:38 +01:00
dm-log.c dm log: make dm_dirty_log init and exit static 2008-07-21 12:00:27 +01:00
dm-mpath.c [SCSI] scsi_dh: attach to hardware handler from dm-mpath 2008-07-26 15:14:53 -04:00
dm-mpath.h [SCSI] scsi_dh: Remove hardware handler infrastructure from dm 2008-06-05 09:23:42 -05:00
dm-path-selector.c dm: use kzalloc 2007-10-20 02:01:07 +01:00
dm-path-selector.h [PATCH] struct path: rename DM's struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:40 -08:00
dm-raid1.c dm: unplug queues in threads 2008-04-25 13:26:57 +01:00
dm-round-robin.c dm: remove duplicate module name from error msgs 2007-07-12 15:01:08 -07:00
dm-snap.c dm snapshot: use per device mempools 2008-07-21 12:00:35 +01:00
dm-snap.h dm snapshot: use per device mempools 2008-07-21 12:00:35 +01:00
dm-stripe.c dm: stripe enhanced status return 2008-02-08 02:11:24 +00:00
dm-table.c [PATCH] switch mtd and dm-table to lookup_bdev() 2008-08-01 11:25:31 -04:00
dm-target.c dm: use kzalloc 2007-10-20 02:01:07 +01:00
dm-uevent.c md: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-28 08:58:42 -07:00
dm-uevent.h dm: uevent generate events 2007-10-20 02:01:26 +01:00
dm-zero.c Drop 'size' argument from bio_endio and bi_end_io 2007-10-10 09:25:57 +02:00
dm.c dm: introduce merge_bvec_fn 2008-07-21 12:00:37 +01:00
dm.h dm log: make dm_dirty_log init and exit static 2008-07-21 12:00:27 +01:00
faulty.c md: Make mddev->array_size sector-based. 2008-07-21 17:05:22 +10:00
Kconfig [SCSI] scsi_dh: fix kconfig related build errors 2008-07-15 09:16:43 -05:00
linear.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md 2008-07-21 10:29:12 -07:00
Makefile [SCSI] scsi_dh: Remove hardware handler infrastructure from dm 2008-06-05 09:23:42 -05:00
md.c Remove invalidate_partition call from do_md_stop. 2008-09-01 12:32:52 +10:00
mktables.c md: raid6: Fix mktable.c 2008-02-06 10:41:18 -08:00
multipath.c md: Make mddev->array_size sector-based. 2008-07-21 17:05:22 +10:00
raid0.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md 2008-07-21 10:29:12 -07:00
raid1.c md: Make mddev->array_size sector-based. 2008-07-21 17:05:22 +10:00
raid5.c Don't let a blocked_rdev interfere with read request in raid5/6 2008-08-05 15:56:32 +10:00
raid6.h [PATCH] RAID6 Altivec fix 2005-09-17 11:49:58 -07:00
raid6algos.c drivers/md: use time_before, time_before_eq, etc 2008-04-28 08:58:42 -07:00
raid6altivec.uc [PATCH] RAID6 Altivec fix 2005-09-17 11:49:58 -07:00
raid6int.uc
raid6mmx.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6recov.c
raid6sse1.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6sse2.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6x86.h x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid10.c Allow raid10 resync to happening in larger chunks. 2008-08-05 15:56:32 +10:00
unroll.pl