Re: [PATCH] Bug fix for the s390 dcssblk driver

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 23:46:49 -0400,
emist <emistz@gmail.com> wrote:

> # This patch fixes a memory corruption bug in the s390 dcssblk driver.
> # The bug occurs when an attempt to change the type of a segment
> # returns an error. At this point the driver tries to remove the segment in
> # question while some of the device's attributes are in use. This causes the
> # driver to hang.

Hm, seems we missed another of those device attributes exhibiting
suicidal tendencies...

Tejun has a patchset allowing device attributes to commit suicide (see
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119027371416452&w=2), although I'm
not sure what its current status is. Until then, you would need to use
device_schedule_callback() to commit suicide.

This all of course only applies if killing the segment is better than
leaving it in its current state, but others can make a better judgement
on that :)