On Sat, Oct 31 2015, Shaohua Li wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 05:02:47PM +0300, Roman Gushchin wrote:
>> > Isn't the 4.1 fix just:
>> >
>> > diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
>> > index e5befa356dbe..6e4350a78257 100644
>> > --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
>> > +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
>> > @@ -3522,16 +3522,16 @@ returnbi:
>> > * no updated data, so remove it from hash list and the stripe
>> > * will be reinitialized
>> > */
>> > - spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
>> > unhash:
>> > + spin_lock_irq(conf->hash_locks + sh->hash_lock_index);
>> > remove_hash(sh);
>> > + spin_unlock_irq(conf->hash_locks + sh->hash_lock_index);
>> > if (head_sh->batch_head) {
>> > sh = list_first_entry(&sh->batch_list,
>> > struct stripe_head, batch_list);
>> > if (sh != head_sh)
>> > goto unhash;
>> > }
>> > - spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
>> > sh = head_sh;
>> >
>> > if (test_bit(STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED, &sh->state))
>> >
>> > ??
>>
>> In my opion, this patch looks correct, although it seems to me, that there is an another issue here.
>>
>> > if (head_sh->batch_head) {
>> > sh = list_first_entry(&sh->batch_list,
>> > struct stripe_head, batch_list);
>> > if (sh != head_sh)
>> > goto unhash;
>> > }
>>
>> With a patch above this code will be executed without taking any locks. It it correct?
>> In my opinion, we need to take at least sh->stripe_lock, which protects sh->batch_head.
>> Or do I miss something?
>>
>> If you want, we can handle this issue separately.
>
> The batch_list list doesn't need the protection. Only the remove_hash() need it.
Yes, that's my understanding too. The key to understanding is that
comment you (helpfully!) put in clear_batch_ready():
/*
* BATCH_READY is cleared, no new stripes can be added.
* batch_list can be accessed without lock
*/
I'll wrangle some patches...
Thanks,
NeilBrown
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