Re: [PATCH v6 05/13] block: Make blk_cleanup_queue() wait until request_fn finished

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On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 01:46:45PM +0100, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Some request_fn implementations, e.g. scsi_request_fn(), unlock
> the queue lock internally. This may result in multiple threads
> executing request_fn for the same queue simultaneously. Keep
> track of the number of active request_fn calls and make sure that
> blk_cleanup_queue() waits until all active request_fn invocations
> have finished. A block driver may start cleaning up resources
> needed by its request_fn as soon as blk_cleanup_queue() finished,
> so blk_cleanup_queue() must wait for all outstanding request_fn
> invocations to finish.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

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tejun
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