On Thu, Nov 09 2000, Neil Brown wrote:
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> DEADLOCK
> I have two patches which address this problem.
> The first is simple and simply drops ui_request_lock before calling
> getblk. This may be the appropriate one to use given the code
> freeze.
rd still needs to hold the lock when calling end_request, since
that may end up fiddling with the queue list.
> The second is more elegant in that it side steps the problem by
> giving rd.c a make_request function instead of using the default
> _make_request. This means that io_request_lock is simply never
> claimed my rd.
And this solution is much better, even given the freeze I think that
is the way to go.
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* Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* SuSE Labs
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