On Sat, 2014-11-01 at 17:18 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On 2014-11-01 16:28, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > 3.2.64-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit 2da78092dda13f1efd26edbbf99a567776913750 upstream. > > > > Releases the dev_t minor when all references are closed to prevent > > another device from acquiring the same major/minor. > > > > Since the partition's release may be invoked from call_rcu's soft-irq > > context, the ext_dev_idr's mutex had to be replaced with a spinlock so > > as not so sleep. > > > > Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxx> > > [bwh: Backported to 3.2: > > - Adjust filename > > - idr insertion API is different, and blk_alloc_devt() is preallocating > > a node in a different way] > > As I've noted for pretty much every stable branch so far, you have to > backport commit 46f341ffcfb5 as well, if you backport this one. I'm not caught up on reading the stable list, so I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out again; I'll add it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Kids! Bringing about Armageddon can be dangerous. Do not attempt it in your own home. - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, `Good Omens'
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