1. Three missing map_unlock() calls were added. 2. Map file's lock must be released by an explicit LOCK_UN operation, because duplicated (e.g. created by fork()) descriptors inherit the lock. As a result child process which inherits open descriptors with lock can block another process of mdadm. Signed-off-by: Lukasz Dorau <lukasz.dorau@xxxxxxxxx> --- Incremental.c | 3 +++ mapfile.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Incremental.c b/Incremental.c index 571d45d..b90089b 100644 --- a/Incremental.c +++ b/Incremental.c @@ -1472,6 +1472,7 @@ static int Incremental_container(struct supertype *st, char *devname, "Cannot activate array(s).\n"); /* free container data and exit */ sysfs_free(list); + map_unlock(&map); return 2; } @@ -1535,6 +1536,7 @@ static int Incremental_container(struct supertype *st, char *devname, fprintf(stderr, Name ": array %s/%s is " "explicitly ignored by mdadm.conf\n", match->container, match->member); + map_unlock(&map); return 2; } if (match) @@ -1550,6 +1552,7 @@ static int Incremental_container(struct supertype *st, char *devname, if (mdfd < 0) { fprintf(stderr, Name ": failed to open %s: %s.\n", chosen_name, strerror(errno)); + map_unlock(&map); return 2; } diff --git a/mapfile.c b/mapfile.c index ff1e973..98c0780 100644 --- a/mapfile.c +++ b/mapfile.c @@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ int map_lock(struct map_ent **melp) void map_unlock(struct map_ent **melp) { if (lf) { + /* lock must be released by an explicit LOCK_UN operation + * because duplicated descriptors inherit the lock + */ + flock(fileno(lf), LOCK_UN); /* must unlink before closing the file, * as only the owner of the lock may * unlink the file -- 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