The patch titled md: lock address when changing attributes of component devices has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was md-lock-address-when-changing-attributes-of-component-devices.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ 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 @@ -2075,12 +2075,18 @@ 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 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 d_path-make-d_path-use-a-struct-path-fix.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