stripes could finish out of order. Hence r5l_move_io_unit_list() of __r5l_stripe_write_finished might not move any entry and leave stripe_end_ios list empty. This applies on top of http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=144122700510667 Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c index 410b85b..2dea05f 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c @@ -545,8 +545,13 @@ static void __r5l_stripe_write_finished(struct r5l_io_unit *io) spin_lock_irqsave(&log->io_list_lock, flags); __r5l_set_io_unit_state(io, IO_UNIT_STRIPE_END); + /* might move 0 entry */ r5l_move_io_unit_list(&log->flushed_ios, &log->stripe_end_ios, IO_UNIT_STRIPE_END); + if (list_empty(&log->stripe_end_ios)) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&log->io_list_lock, flags); + return; + } last = list_last_entry(&log->stripe_end_ios, struct r5l_io_unit, log_sibling); -- 1.8.1 -- 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