r5l_load_log() calls functions that requires a proper conf->log, for example, r5c_is_writeback(). Therefore, we should set conf->log before calling r5l_load_log(). If r5l_load_log() fails, conf->log is set back to NULL. Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c index 0f5e6a2..b4f2b82 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c @@ -2636,14 +2636,16 @@ int r5l_init_log(struct r5conf *conf, struct md_rdev *rdev) spin_lock_init(&log->stripe_in_journal_lock); atomic_set(&log->stripe_in_journal_count, 0); + rcu_assign_pointer(conf->log, log); + if (r5l_load_log(log)) goto error; - rcu_assign_pointer(conf->log, log); set_bit(MD_HAS_JOURNAL, &conf->mddev->flags); return 0; error: + rcu_assign_pointer(conf->log, NULL); md_unregister_thread(&log->reclaim_thread); reclaim_thread: mempool_destroy(log->meta_pool); -- 2.9.3 -- 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