Re: [PATCH] block: work around sparse in queue_limits_commit_update

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On Fri, Apr 05, 2024 at 05:43:24PM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> This actually looks like a kernel issue - that being that the mutex API is 
> not annotated for lock checking.

Oh.  Yeah, that would explain the weird behavior.

> I would need to investigate further for any progress in adding that lock 
> checking to the mutex API, but it did not look promising from that 
> patchset. For now I suppose you can either:
> a. remove current annotation.

I can send a patch for that.

> b. change to a spinlock - I don't think that anything requiring scheduling 
> is happening when updating the limits, but would need to audit to be sure.

With SCSI we'll hold it over the new ->device_configure, which must
be able to sleep.




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