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From: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
To: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>,
	"dm-devel@redhat.com" <dm-devel@redhat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] block: avoid unconditionally freeing previously  allocated request_queue
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:44:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C08E73B.8050806@fusionio.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100603173452.GC6730@redhat.com>

On 2010-06-03 19:34, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> block: avoid unconditionally freeing previously allocated request_queue
> 
> On blk_init_allocated_queue_node failure, only free the request_queue if
> it is wasn't previously allocated outside the block layer
> (e.g. blk_init_queue_node was blk_init_allocated_queue_node caller).
> 
> This addresses an interface bug introduced by the following commit:
> 01effb0 block: allow initialization of previously allocated
> request_queue
> 
> Otherwise the request_queue may be free'd out from underneath a caller
> that is managing the request_queue directly (e.g. caller uses
> blk_alloc_queue + blk_init_allocated_queue_node).

Thanks Mike, this looks a lot better. I have applied this one and
2/2 of the original posting.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2010-06-04 11:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <1274744795-9825-1-git-send-email-snitzer@redhat.com>
     [not found] ` <1274744795-9825-3-git-send-email-snitzer@redhat.com>
     [not found]   ` <4BFBB21A.3030105@ct.jp.nec.com>
     [not found]     ` <20100525124912.GA7447@redhat.com>
2010-05-25 16:34       ` [PATCH] block: avoid unconditionally freeing previously allocated request_queue Mike Snitzer
2010-05-25 17:15         ` [PATCH 2/1] block: make blk_init_free_list and elevator_init idempotent Mike Snitzer
2010-05-26  2:37         ` [PATCH] block: avoid unconditionally freeing previously allocated request_queue Kiyoshi Ueda
2010-05-26  4:47           ` Mike Snitzer
2010-05-26  4:52         ` [PATCH v2] " Mike Snitzer
2010-06-03 16:58           ` [PATCH v3] " Mike Snitzer
2010-06-03 17:34             ` [PATCH v4] " Mike Snitzer
2010-06-04 11:44               ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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