The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From ee5d004fd0591536a061451eba2b187092e9127c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:20:07 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] md: flush ->event_work before stopping array.
The 'event_work' worker used by dm-raid may still be running
when the array is stopped. This can result in an oops.
So flush the workqueue on which it is run after detaching
and before destroying the device.
Reported-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (2.6.38+ please delay 2 weeks after -final release)
Fixes: 9d09e663d550 ("dm: raid456 basic support")
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index df92d30ca054..5025b3ec13cd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5382,6 +5382,8 @@ static void __md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
{
struct md_personality *pers = mddev->pers;
mddev_detach(mddev);
+ /* Ensure ->event_work is done */
+ flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
mddev->ready = 0;
mddev->pers = NULL;
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