Re: old ide driver incompatible with new flush implementation (was: conflicting commits (block flush vs. ide))

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>>> On 15.02.11 at 16:13, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:45:25AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Actually, the situation is worse. While the patch sent previously
>> allowed that system to boot, it died the moment it tried to
>> access its secondary disk (which supports flushes, while the
>> primary doesn't):
>
> Yeah, right.  blk_flush_complete_seq_end_io() is on completion path
> and shouldn't call directly into request_fn.  Can you please test
> whether the following patch fixes the problem?

Indeed, this plus the small second patch you sent a little later gets
things into proper shape again on that box.

I assume you'll try to get this merged for .38 (and then probably
backported to .37.x).

Thanks, Jan

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