From: Xiao Ni <xni@redhat.com>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] RFC: attempt to remove md deadlocks with metadata without
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:51:51 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <296444241.9937022.1505184711007.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <150518076229.32691.13542756562323866921.stgit@noble>
----- Original Message -----
> From: "NeilBrown" <neilb@suse.com>
> To: "Xiao Ni" <xni@redhat.com>
> Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 9:49:12 AM
> Subject: [PATCH 0/4] RFC: attempt to remove md deadlocks with metadata without
>
> Hi,
> I looked again at the previous patch I posted which tried to mak
> md_update_sb() safe without taking reconfig_mutex, and realized that
> it had serious problems, particularly around devices being added or
> removed while the update was happening.
>
> So I decided to try a different approach, which is embodied in these
> patches. The md thread is now explicitly allowed to call
> md_update_sb() while some other thread holds the lock and
> waits for mddev_suspend() to complete.
>
> Please test these and confirm that they still address the problem you
> found.
Hi Neil
Thanks for the patches. I'll update the test result.
Regards
Xiao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-12 2:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-12 1:49 [PATCH 0/4] RFC: attempt to remove md deadlocks with metadata without NeilBrown
2017-09-12 1:49 ` [PATCH 4/4] md: allow metadata update while suspending NeilBrown
2017-09-12 1:49 ` [PATCH 2/4] md: don't call bitmap_create() while array is quiesced NeilBrown
2017-09-12 1:49 ` [PATCH 3/4] md: use mddev_suspend/resume instead of ->quiesce() NeilBrown
2017-09-12 1:49 ` [PATCH 1/4] md: always hold reconfig_mutex when calling mddev_suspend() NeilBrown
2017-09-12 2:51 ` Xiao Ni [this message]
2017-09-13 2:11 ` [PATCH 0/4] RFC: attempt to remove md deadlocks with metadata without Xiao Ni
2017-09-13 15:09 ` Xiao Ni
2017-09-13 23:05 ` NeilBrown
2017-09-14 4:55 ` Xiao Ni
2017-09-14 5:32 ` NeilBrown
2017-09-14 7:57 ` Xiao Ni
2017-09-16 13:15 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-05 5:17 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-06 3:53 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-06 4:32 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-09 1:21 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-09 4:57 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-09 5:32 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-09 5:52 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-10 6:05 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-10 21:20 ` NeilBrown
[not found] ` <960568852.19225619.1507689864371.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com>
2017-10-13 3:48 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-16 4:43 ` Xiao Ni
2017-09-30 9:46 ` Xiao Ni
2017-10-05 5:03 ` NeilBrown
2017-10-06 3:40 ` Xiao Ni
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