This reverts commit 5e2cf333b7bd5d3e62595a44d598a254c697cd74. That commit introduced the following race and can cause system hung. md_write_start: raid5d: if (mddev->safemode == 1) mddev->safemode = 0; /* sync_checkers is always 0 when writes_pending is in per-cpu mode */ if (mddev->in_sync || mddev->sync_checkers) { spin_lock(&mddev->lock); if (mddev->in_sync) { mddev->in_sync = 0; set_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->sb_flags); set_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags); >>> running before md_write_start wake up it if (mddev->sb_flags & ~(1 << MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING)) { spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock); md_check_recovery(mddev); spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock); /* * Waiting on MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING below may deadlock * seeing md_check_recovery() is needed to clear * the flag when using mdmon. */ continue; } wait_event_lock_irq(mddev->sb_wait, >>>>>>>>>>> hung !test_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags), conf->device_lock); md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread); did_change = 1; } spin_unlock(&mddev->lock); } ... wait_event(mddev->sb_wait, >>>>>>>>>> hung !test_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags) || mddev->suspended); Next patch will fix the issue that reverted commit is fixing in a new way. Fixes: 5e2cf333b7bd ("md/raid5: Wait for MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING in raid5d") Signed-off-by: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5.c | 12 ------------ 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index dc031d42f53b..fcc8a44dd4fd 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ */ #include <linux/blkdev.h> -#include <linux/delay.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/raid/pq.h> #include <linux/async_tx.h> @@ -6820,18 +6819,7 @@ static void raid5d(struct md_thread *thread) spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock); md_check_recovery(mddev); spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock); - - /* - * Waiting on MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING below may deadlock - * seeing md_check_recovery() is needed to clear - * the flag when using mdmon. - */ - continue; } - - wait_event_lock_irq(mddev->sb_wait, - !test_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags), - conf->device_lock); } pr_debug("%d stripes handled\n", handled); -- 2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)