On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 02:02:30PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote: > > Hi Mr Stable, > > please apply patch > > commit fab363b5ff502d1b39ddcfec04271f5858d9f26e > Author: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue Jul 3 15:57:19 2012 +1000 > > raid5: delayed stripe fix > > > to 3.4.y and 3.2.y. > > It fixes a deadlock in RAID5 which can cause all IO to hang. > It has been demonstrated to fix a real-life problem (the race is not > theoretical). Is it also needed for 3.0.x? It seems to apply there just fine. thanks, greg k-h -- 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