On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:13:20 -0400 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:27:22 -0400 > Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > It is actually what the patch is trying to do by checking for the > > deletion flag in the mutex_trylock loop. Please note that mutex does not > > guarantee FIFO ordering of lock acquisition. As a result, cpu1 may call > > mutex_lock() and wait for it while cpu2 can set the deletion flag later > > and get the mutex first before cpu1. So checking for the deletion flag > > before taking the mutex isn't enough. > > Yeah, I figured that out already (crossed emails). BTW, how did you > trigger this warning. I'm playing around with adding loop devices, > volume groups, and logical volumes, and reading the trace files > created in the sysfs directory, then removing those items, but it's > not triggering the "delete" path. What operation deletes the partition? I'm guessing that deleting an actual partition may work (unfortunately, my test box has no partition to delete ;-) I'll find another box to test on. -- Steve
