Hi Christoph, On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 4:39 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Song, > > the first patch in this series fixed the reported lock order reversal > in md_alloc. The rest sort out the error handling in that function, > starting with the patch from Luis to handle add_disk errors, which > would otherwise conflict with the first patch. Thanks for the fixes! I have noticed the issue, but haven't got a good solution for it. I will test and apply the set (maybe after the labor day long weekend). > > Note that I have had a hard time verifying this all works fine as the > testsuite in mdadm already keeps failing a lot for me with the baseline > kernel. Some of thos reproducibly and others randomly. Is there a > good document somehow describing what to expect from the mdadm test > suite? Unfortunately, mdadm test needs quite some work to be really useful again. I will work with Jes and other folks to come up with a plan for this. Thanks again, Song