https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27652 --- Comment #6 from Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> 2011-01-28 22:07:53 --- Ok it is in fact lazyinit uninit that's falling down, the wait_event is waiting on something that gets freed. This fixes it up for me: Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext4/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext4/super.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_mount(struct const char *dev_name, void *data); static void ext4_destroy_lazyinit_thread(void); static void ext4_unregister_li_request(struct super_block *sb); +static void ext4_clear_request_list(void); #if !defined(CONFIG_EXT3_FS) && !defined(CONFIG_EXT3_FS_MODULE) && defined(CONFIG_EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23) static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = { @@ -2704,6 +2705,8 @@ static void ext4_unregister_li_request(s mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_info->li_list_mtx); } +static struct task_struct *ext4_lazyinit_task; + /* * This is the function where ext4lazyinit thread lives. It walks * through the request list searching for next scheduled filesystem. @@ -2772,6 +2775,10 @@ cont_thread: if (time_before(jiffies, next_wakeup)) schedule(); finish_wait(&eli->li_wait_daemon, &wait); + if (kthread_should_stop()) { + ext4_clear_request_list(); + goto exit_thread; + } } exit_thread: @@ -2796,6 +2803,7 @@ exit_thread: wake_up(&eli->li_wait_task); kfree(ext4_li_info); + ext4_lazyinit_task = NULL; ext4_li_info = NULL; mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_mtx); @@ -2818,11 +2826,10 @@ static void ext4_clear_request_list(void static int ext4_run_lazyinit_thread(void) { - struct task_struct *t; - - t = kthread_run(ext4_lazyinit_thread, ext4_li_info, "ext4lazyinit"); - if (IS_ERR(t)) { - int err = PTR_ERR(t); + ext4_lazyinit_task = kthread_run(ext4_lazyinit_thread, + ext4_li_info, "ext4lazyinit"); + if (IS_ERR(ext4_lazyinit_task)) { + int err = PTR_ERR(ext4_lazyinit_task); ext4_clear_request_list(); del_timer_sync(&ext4_li_info->li_timer); kfree(ext4_li_info); @@ -2976,13 +2983,7 @@ static void ext4_destroy_lazyinit_thread if (!ext4_li_info) return; - ext4_clear_request_list(); - - while (ext4_li_info->li_task) { - wake_up(&ext4_li_info->li_wait_daemon); - wait_event(ext4_li_info->li_wait_task, - ext4_li_info->li_task == NULL); - } + kthread_stop(ext4_lazyinit_task); } static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html