On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:44:51PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > Maybe I'll add how I understand what's going on: > > GEOM calls destroy_dev() while holding the topology lock. > > Destroy_dev() wants to destroy device, but can't because there are > threads that still have it open. > > The threads can't close it, because to close it they need the topology > lock. > > The deadlock is quite obvious, IMHO.
Guys, changing destroy_dev() to destroy_dev_sched() in geom_dev.c fixes the problem for me (at least it makes race window so small that I can't reproduce it). Is there anyone who isn't happy with such a change? -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl p...@freebsd.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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