The dm-delay target uses a shared workqueue for multiple instances. This can cause deadlock if two or more dm-delay targets are stacked on the top of each other. This patch changes dm-delay to use per-instance workqueue. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.22+ Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-delay.c | 23 +++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) Index: linux-3.12-fast/drivers/md/dm-delay.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.12-fast.orig/drivers/md/dm-delay.c 2013-11-15 20:56:09.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-3.12-fast/drivers/md/dm-delay.c 2013-11-15 22:10:21.000000000 +0100 @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ struct delay_c { struct timer_list delay_timer; struct mutex timer_lock; + struct workqueue_struct *kdelayd_wq; struct work_struct flush_expired_bios; struct list_head delayed_bios; atomic_t may_delay; @@ -45,14 +46,13 @@ struct dm_delay_info { static DEFINE_MUTEX(delayed_bios_lock); -static struct workqueue_struct *kdelayd_wq; static struct kmem_cache *delayed_cache; static void handle_delayed_timer(unsigned long data) { struct delay_c *dc = (struct delay_c *)data; - queue_work(kdelayd_wq, &dc->flush_expired_bios); + queue_work(dc->kdelayd_wq, &dc->flush_expired_bios); } static void queue_timeout(struct delay_c *dc, unsigned long expires) @@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ out: goto bad_dev_write; } + dc->kdelayd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kdelayd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); + if (!dc->kdelayd_wq) { + DMERR("Couldn't start kdelayd"); + goto bad_queue; + } + setup_timer(&dc->delay_timer, handle_delayed_timer, (unsigned long)dc); INIT_WORK(&dc->flush_expired_bios, flush_expired_bios); @@ -203,6 +209,8 @@ out: ti->private = dc; return 0; +bad_queue: + mempool_destroy(dc->delayed_pool); bad_dev_write: if (dc->dev_write) dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_write); @@ -217,7 +225,7 @@ static void delay_dtr(struct dm_target * { struct delay_c *dc = ti->private; - flush_workqueue(kdelayd_wq); + destroy_workqueue(dc->kdelayd_wq); dm_put_device(ti, dc->dev_read); @@ -350,12 +358,6 @@ static int __init dm_delay_init(void) { int r = -ENOMEM; - kdelayd_wq = alloc_workqueue("kdelayd", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0); - if (!kdelayd_wq) { - DMERR("Couldn't start kdelayd"); - goto bad_queue; - } - delayed_cache = KMEM_CACHE(dm_delay_info, 0); if (!delayed_cache) { DMERR("Couldn't create delayed bio cache."); @@ -373,8 +375,6 @@ static int __init dm_delay_init(void) bad_register: kmem_cache_destroy(delayed_cache); bad_memcache: - destroy_workqueue(kdelayd_wq); -bad_queue: return r; } @@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ static void __exit dm_delay_exit(void) { dm_unregister_target(&delay_target); kmem_cache_destroy(delayed_cache); - destroy_workqueue(kdelayd_wq); } /* Module hooks */ -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel