Oh, sorry for this "struct struct" in the patch in free_pending_exception, replace it just with one "struct". I forgot to refresh the patch before sending it. Mikulas On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2008, aluno3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I used your patch and I ran test the same workload. After a few hours > > test, everything is OK. Is it possible? Test is still running.When I get > > something wrong from kernel I write to You again. > > Hi > > That's good that it works. So try this. Keep the first patch (it is this > one --- > http://people.redhat.com/mpatocka/patches/kernel/2.6.27/dm-snapshot-fix-primary-pe-race.patch > --- I think Milan already sent it to you and you have it applied). Undo > the second patch (that one that hides deallocation with /* */ ). And apply > this. Run the same test. > > Mikulas > > --- > drivers/md/dm-snap.c | 10 +++++++++- > drivers/md/dm-snap.h | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > Index: linux-2.6.27-clean/drivers/md/dm-snap.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.27-clean.orig/drivers/md/dm-snap.c 2008-10-22 15:41:24.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.27-clean/drivers/md/dm-snap.c 2008-10-22 15:51:33.000000000 +0200 > @@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ static struct dm_snap_pending_exception > struct dm_snap_pending_exception *pe = mempool_alloc(s->pending_pool, > GFP_NOIO); > > + atomic_inc(&s->n_pending_exceptions); > pe->snap = s; > > return pe; > @@ -375,7 +376,10 @@ static struct dm_snap_pending_exception > > static void free_pending_exception(struct dm_snap_pending_exception *pe) > { > - mempool_free(pe, pe->snap->pending_pool); > + struct struct dm_snapshot *s = pe->snap; > + mempool_free(pe, s->pending_pool); > + smp_mb__before_atomic_dec(); > + atomic_dec(&s->n_pending_exceptions); > } > > static void insert_completed_exception(struct dm_snapshot *s, > @@ -601,6 +605,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target > s->valid = 1; > s->active = 0; > s->last_percent = 0; > + atomic_set(&s->n_pending_exceptions, 0); > init_rwsem(&s->lock); > spin_lock_init(&s->pe_lock); > s->ti = ti; > @@ -727,6 +732,9 @@ static void snapshot_dtr(struct dm_targe > /* After this returns there can be no new kcopyd jobs. */ > unregister_snapshot(s); > > + while (atomic_read(&s->n_pending_exceptions)) > + yield(); > + > #ifdef CONFIG_DM_DEBUG > for (i = 0; i < DM_TRACKED_CHUNK_HASH_SIZE; i++) > BUG_ON(!hlist_empty(&s->tracked_chunk_hash[i])); > Index: linux-2.6.27-clean/drivers/md/dm-snap.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.27-clean.orig/drivers/md/dm-snap.h 2008-10-22 15:45:08.000000000 +0200 > +++ linux-2.6.27-clean/drivers/md/dm-snap.h 2008-10-22 15:46:49.000000000 +0200 > @@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ struct dm_snapshot { > > mempool_t *pending_pool; > > + atomic_t n_pending_exceptions; > + > struct exception_table pending; > struct exception_table complete; > > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel