Now there is variable bcache_is_reboot to prevent device register or unregister during reboot, it is unncessary to still hold mutex lock bch_register_lock before stopping writeback_rate_update kworker and writeback kthread. And if the stopping kworker or kthread holding bch_register_lock inside their routine (we used to have such problem in writeback thread, thanks to Junhui Wang fixed it), it is very easy to introduce deadlock during reboot/shutdown procedure. Therefore in this patch, the location to acquire bch_register_lock is moved to the location before calling calc_cached_dev_sectors(). Which is later then original location in cached_dev_detach_finish(). Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index 2928adfea743..15916b3ec8bf 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -1018,7 +1018,6 @@ static void cached_dev_detach_finish(struct work_struct *w) BUG_ON(!test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags)); BUG_ON(refcount_read(&dc->count)); - mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock); if (test_and_clear_bit(BCACHE_DEV_WB_RUNNING, &dc->disk.flags)) cancel_writeback_rate_update_dwork(dc); @@ -1034,6 +1033,8 @@ static void cached_dev_detach_finish(struct work_struct *w) bch_write_bdev_super(dc, &cl); closure_sync(&cl); + mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock); + calc_cached_dev_sectors(dc->disk.c); bcache_device_detach(&dc->disk); list_move(&dc->list, &uncached_devices); -- 2.16.4