Here is an updated header with more detail: Use pool->lock to protect pool's prepared_discards list. Thinp's discard support (introduced via commit 104655fd4dce "dm thin: support discards") will not work reliably without this fix because thin_endio() can race with process_discard(), leading to concurrent list_add() that results in the processes locking up and an initial error like the following: WARNING: at lib/list_debug.c:32 __list_add+0x8f/0xa0() ... list_add corruption. next->prev should be prev (ffff880323b96140), but was ffff8801d2c48440. (next=ffff8801d2c485c0). ... Pid: 17205, comm: kworker/u:1 Tainted: G W O 3.4.0-rc3.snitm+ #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8103ca1f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff8103cb16>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 [<ffffffffa04f6ce6>] ? bio_detain+0xc6/0x210 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffff8124ff3f>] __list_add+0x8f/0xa0 [<ffffffffa04f70d2>] process_discard+0x2a2/0x2d0 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffffa04f6a78>] ? remap_and_issue+0x38/0x50 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffffa04f7c3b>] process_deferred_bios+0x7b/0x230 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffffa04f7df0>] ? process_deferred_bios+0x230/0x230 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffffa04f7e42>] do_worker+0x52/0x60 [dm_thin_pool] [<ffffffff81056fa9>] process_one_work+0x129/0x450 [<ffffffff81059b9c>] worker_thread+0x17c/0x3c0 [<ffffffff81059a20>] ? manage_workers+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8105eabe>] kthread+0x9e/0xb0 [<ffffffff814ceda4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff8105ea20>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 [<ffffffff814ceda0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 ---[ end trace 7e0a523bc5e52692 ]--- Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> On Fri, Apr 20 2012 at 2:33pm -0400, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Use pool->lock to protect pool's prepared_discards list. > > Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/md/dm-thin.c | 5 +++++ > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c > index 7218882..7297eb7 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-thin.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin.c > @@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ static void no_space(struct cell *cell) > static void process_discard(struct thin_c *tc, struct bio *bio) > { > int r; > + unsigned long flags; > struct pool *pool = tc->pool; > struct cell *cell, *cell2; > struct cell_key key, key2; > @@ -1222,7 +1223,9 @@ static void process_discard(struct thin_c *tc, struct bio *bio) > m->bio = bio; > > if (!ds_add_work(&pool->all_io_ds, &m->list)) { > + spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags); > list_add(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards); > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags); > wake_worker(pool); > } > } else { > @@ -2630,8 +2633,10 @@ static int thin_endio(struct dm_target *ti, > if (h->all_io_entry) { > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&work); > ds_dec(h->all_io_entry, &work); > + spin_lock_irqsave(&pool->lock, flags); > list_for_each_entry_safe(m, tmp, &work, list) > list_add(&m->list, &pool->prepared_discards); > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pool->lock, flags); > } > > mempool_free(h, pool->endio_hook_pool); > -- > 1.7.4.4 > > -- > 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