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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@gmail.com>,
	linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [md PATCH 8/8] md: Use revalidate_disk to effect changes in size of device.
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:35:41 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A7A5D9D.7030305@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19066.19060.95471.616532@notabene.brown>

On 08/05/2009 08:13 PM, Neil Brown wrote:

> 
> Thanks for the reports guys.
> 
> I managed to reproduce the lockup and I think this patch should fix
> it.
> If you could review/test I would appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown
> 

This patch makes my system boot, whereas previously it would deadlock
100% of the time.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-06  4:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20090802215444.4198.83094.stgit@notabene.brown>
     [not found] ` <20090802215818.4198.77041.stgit@notabene.brown>
     [not found]   ` <4A7A0287.5010505@zytor.com>
     [not found]     ` <170fa0d20908051803ud6ef819xdad3cafe44cc1fb8@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]       ` <4A7A2EA6.9020603@zytor.com>
2009-08-06  3:13         ` [md PATCH 8/8] md: Use revalidate_disk to effect changes in size of device Neil Brown
2009-08-06  4:35           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-08-07 13:57           ` Mike Snitzer
2009-08-10  1:26             ` Neil Brown

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