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author | Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com> | 2010-08-11 23:13:55 -0400 |
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committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2010-08-11 23:13:55 -0400 |
commit | 98f332855effef02aeb738e4d62e9a5b903c52fd (patch) | |
tree | b10d7f632022415ddb047c2bacbaa1f861a76161 /drivers/md/dm.h | |
parent | abdc568b0540bec6d3e0afebac496adef1189b77 (diff) |
dm ioctl: release _hash_lock between devices in remove_all
This patch changes dm_hash_remove_all() to release _hash_lock when
removing a device. After removing the device, dm_hash_remove_all()
takes _hash_lock and searches the hash from scratch again.
This patch is a preparation for the next patch, which changes device
deletion code to wait for md reference to be 0. Without this patch,
the wait in the next patch may cause AB-BA deadlock:
CPU0 CPU1
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dm_hash_remove_all()
down_write(_hash_lock)
table_status()
md = find_device()
dm_get(md)
<increment md->holders>
dm_get_live_or_inactive_table()
dm_get_inactive_table()
down_write(_hash_lock)
<in the md deletion code>
<wait for md->holders to be 0>
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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