From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> For external super_block, mdmon rely on "mddev->sysfs_state" to update super_block. However, rdev_set_badblocks() will set sb_flags without waking up mdmon, which might cauing IO hang due to suepr_block can't be updated. This problem is found by code review. Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/md.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c index 23cc77d51676..06d6ee8cd543 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.c +++ b/drivers/md/md.c @@ -9831,10 +9831,12 @@ int rdev_set_badblocks(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t s, int sectors, /* Make sure they get written out promptly */ if (test_bit(ExternalBbl, &rdev->flags)) sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_unack_badblocks); - sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state); set_mask_bits(&mddev->sb_flags, 0, BIT(MD_SB_CHANGE_CLEAN) | BIT(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING)); md_wakeup_thread(rdev->mddev->thread); + + sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state); + sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state); return 1; } else return 0; -- 2.39.2