The patch titled md: lock address when changing attributes of component devices has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: md: lock address when changing attributes of component devices From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/md/md.c~md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices drivers/md/md.c --- a/drivers/md/md.c~md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices +++ a/drivers/md/md.c @@ -2077,12 +2077,18 @@ rdev_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, st { struct rdev_sysfs_entry *entry = container_of(attr, struct rdev_sysfs_entry, attr); mdk_rdev_t *rdev = container_of(kobj, mdk_rdev_t, kobj); + int rv; if (!entry->store) return -EIO; if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EACCES; - return entry->store(rdev, page, length); + rv = mddev_lock(rdev->mddev); + if (!rv) { + rv = entry->store(rdev, page, length); + mddev_unlock(rdev->mddev); + } + return rv; } static void rdev_free(struct kobject *ko) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from neilb@xxxxxxx are origin.patch git-nfsd.patch coding-style-cleanups-for-drivers-md-mktablesc.patch md-raid6-fix-mktablec.patch md-raid6-clean-up-the-style-of-raid6test-testc.patch md-update-md-bitmap-during-resync.patch md-update-md-bitmap-during-resync-fix.patch md-support-external-metadata-for-md-arrays.patch md-give-userspace-control-over-removing-failed-devices-when-external-metdata-in-use.patch md-allow-a-maximum-extent-to-be-set-for-resyncing.patch md-allow-devices-to-be-shared-between-md-arrays.patch md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices.patch md-allow-an-md-array-to-appear-with-0-drives-if-it-has-external-metadata.patch md-get-name-for-block-device-in-sysfs.patch one-less-parameter-to-__d_path.patch d_path-kerneldoc-cleanup.patch d_path-use-struct-path-in-struct-avc_audit_data.patch d_path-make-proc_get_link-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-get_dcookie-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_export.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_export-checkpatch-fixes.patch use-struct-path-in-struct-svc_expkey.patch d_path-make-seq_path-use-a-struct-path-argument.patch d_path-make-d_path-use-a-struct-path.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html