Re: [PATCH V7 0/6] block/scsi: safe SCSI quiescing

Ming Lei
2017-09-30T09:52:17Z

Hi Martin,

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 11:47:10AM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Hi Ming.
>
> Ming Lei - 30.09.17, 14:12:
> > Please consider this patchset for V4.15, and it fixes one
> > kind of long-term I/O hang issue in either block legacy path
> > or blk-mq.
> >
> > The current SCSI quiesce isn't safe and easy to trigger I/O deadlock.
>
> Isn´t that material for -stable as well?

Yeah, the patch 6 is CCed to -stable.

>
> I´d love to see this go into 4.14. Especially as its an LTS release.

I am fine with either 4.14 or 4.15, and it is up to Jens.

Thanks
Ming