On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:07:40 -0700 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Yes it is. Don't know why I missed that. I see you've already included it - thanks. NeilBrown
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