Re: [-mm patch] fix locking in __make_request (was Re: 2.6.20-mm2: Oops in generic_make_request)

Michal Piotrowski
2007-02-19T13:52:25Z

Hi Frederik,

On 20/02/07, Frederik Deweerdt <deweerdt@free.fr> wrote:
> Hi Michal,
>
> This seems to be a locking problem in __make_request, check_plug_merge()
> should be called with the q->queue_lock held.
> Could you try the following patch? It silenced the oops for me.

For me too, but Jens dislikes this patch.

>
> Regards,
> Frederik

Regards,
Michal

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