All updates that occur under STRIPE_ACTIVE should be globally visible when STRIPE_ACTIVE clears. test_and_set_bit() implies a barrier, but clear_bit() does not. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> --- This at least was the guarantee we had with sh->lock... drivers/md/raid5.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index dbae459..bd95123 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh) struct r5dev *pdev, *qdev; clear_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state); - if (test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_ACTIVE, &sh->state)) { + if (test_and_set_bit_lock(STRIPE_ACTIVE, &sh->state)) { /* already being handled, ensure it gets handled * again when current action finishes */ set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state); @@ -3377,7 +3377,7 @@ finish: return_io(s.return_bi); - clear_bit(STRIPE_ACTIVE, &sh->state); + clear_bit_unlock(STRIPE_ACTIVE, &sh->state); } static void raid5_activate_delayed(raid5_conf_t *conf) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html