This patch extends the rcu regions, so that lookup followed by a read or write of a page is done inside rcu read lock. This is needed for the following patch that enables discard. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/brd.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/block/brd.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/block/brd.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/block/brd.c @@ -150,23 +150,27 @@ static void copy_to_brd(struct brd_devic size_t copy; copy = min_t(size_t, n, PAGE_SIZE - offset); + rcu_read_lock(); page = brd_lookup_page(brd, sector); BUG_ON(!page); dst = kmap_atomic(page); memcpy(dst + offset, src, copy); kunmap_atomic(dst); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (copy < n) { src += copy; sector += copy >> SECTOR_SHIFT; copy = n - copy; + rcu_read_lock(); page = brd_lookup_page(brd, sector); BUG_ON(!page); dst = kmap_atomic(page); memcpy(dst, src, copy); kunmap_atomic(dst); + rcu_read_unlock(); } } @@ -182,6 +186,7 @@ static void copy_from_brd(void *dst, str size_t copy; copy = min_t(size_t, n, PAGE_SIZE - offset); + rcu_read_lock(); page = brd_lookup_page(brd, sector); if (page) { src = kmap_atomic(page); @@ -189,11 +194,13 @@ static void copy_from_brd(void *dst, str kunmap_atomic(src); } else memset(dst, 0, copy); + rcu_read_unlock(); if (copy < n) { dst += copy; sector += copy >> SECTOR_SHIFT; copy = n - copy; + rcu_read_lock(); page = brd_lookup_page(brd, sector); if (page) { src = kmap_atomic(page); @@ -201,6 +208,7 @@ static void copy_from_brd(void *dst, str kunmap_atomic(src); } else memset(dst, 0, copy); + rcu_read_unlock(); } } -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel