This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled dm mpath: split and rename activate_path() to prepare for its expanded use to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: dm-mpath-split-and-rename-activate_path-to-prepare-for-its-expanded-use.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 89bfce763e43fa4897e0d3af6b29ed909df64cfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:11:14 -0700 Subject: dm mpath: split and rename activate_path() to prepare for its expanded use From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 89bfce763e43fa4897e0d3af6b29ed909df64cfd upstream. activate_path() is renamed to activate_path_work() which now calls activate_or_offline_path(). activate_or_offline_path() will be used by the next commit. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ static struct kmem_cache *_mpio_cache; static struct workqueue_struct *kmultipathd, *kmpath_handlerd; static void trigger_event(struct work_struct *work); -static void activate_path(struct work_struct *work); +static void activate_or_offline_path(struct pgpath *pgpath); +static void activate_path_work(struct work_struct *work); static void process_queued_bios(struct work_struct *work); /*----------------------------------------------- @@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ static struct pgpath *alloc_pgpath(void) if (pgpath) { pgpath->is_active = true; - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&pgpath->activate_path, activate_path); + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&pgpath->activate_path, activate_path_work); } return pgpath; @@ -1515,10 +1516,8 @@ out: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags); } -static void activate_path(struct work_struct *work) +static void activate_or_offline_path(struct pgpath *pgpath) { - struct pgpath *pgpath = - container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path.work); struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev); if (pgpath->is_active && !blk_queue_dying(q)) @@ -1527,6 +1526,14 @@ static void activate_path(struct work_st pg_init_done(pgpath, SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED); } +static void activate_path_work(struct work_struct *work) +{ + struct pgpath *pgpath = + container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path.work); + + activate_or_offline_path(pgpath); +} + static int noretry_error(int error) { switch (error) { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/dm-mpath-split-and-rename-activate_path-to-prepare-for-its-expanded-use.patch