On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:46:49 -0400, emist <emistz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > # This patch fixes a memory corruption bug in the s390 dcssblk driver. > # The bug occurs when an attempt to change the type of a segment > # returns an error. At this point the driver tries to remove the segment in > # question while some of the device's attributes are in use. This causes the > # driver to hang. Hm, seems we missed another of those device attributes exhibiting suicidal tendencies... Tejun has a patchset allowing device attributes to commit suicide (see http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119027371416452&w=2), although I'm not sure what its current status is. Until then, you would need to use device_schedule_callback() to commit suicide. This all of course only applies if killing the segment is better than leaving it in its current state, but others can make a better judgement on that :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
