3.8.13.5 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> commit 6c182cd88d179cbbd06f4f8a8a19b6977940753f upstream. When multipath needs to retry an ioctl the reference to the current live table needs to be dropped. Otherwise a deadlock occurs when all paths are down: - dm_blk_ioctl takes a reference to the current table and spins in multipath_ioctl(). - A new table is being loaded, but upon resume the process hangs in dm_table_destroy() waiting for references to drop to zero. With this patch the reference to the old table is dropped prior to retry, thereby avoiding the deadlock. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 8 ++------ drivers/md/dm.c | 9 ++++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c index d267bb5..9f330c1 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -1560,7 +1560,6 @@ static int multipath_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long flags; int r; -again: bdev = NULL; mode = 0; r = 0; @@ -1578,7 +1577,7 @@ again: } if ((pgpath && m->queue_io) || (!pgpath && m->queue_if_no_path)) - r = -EAGAIN; + r = -ENOTCONN; else if (!bdev) r = -EIO; @@ -1590,11 +1589,8 @@ again: if (!r && ti->len != i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) >> SECTOR_SHIFT) r = scsi_verify_blk_ioctl(NULL, cmd); - if (r == -EAGAIN && !fatal_signal_pending(current)) { + if (r == -ENOTCONN && !fatal_signal_pending(current)) queue_work(kmultipathd, &m->process_queued_ios); - msleep(10); - goto again; - } return r ? : __blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg); } diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c index 0d8f086..6a82721 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -404,10 +404,12 @@ static int dm_blk_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg) { struct mapped_device *md = bdev->bd_disk->private_data; - struct dm_table *map = dm_get_live_table(md); + struct dm_table *map; struct dm_target *tgt; int r = -ENOTTY; +retry: + map = dm_get_live_table(md); if (!map || !dm_table_get_size(map)) goto out; @@ -428,6 +430,11 @@ static int dm_blk_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, out: dm_table_put(map); + if (r == -ENOTCONN) { + msleep(10); + goto retry; + } + return r; } -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html