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linux/drivers/md
NeilBrown 4e78064f42 md: Fix possible deadlock with multiple mempool allocations.
It is not safe to allocate from a mempool while holding an item
previously allocated from that mempool as that can deadlock when the
mempool is close to exhaustion.

So don't use a bio list to collect the bios to write to multiple
devices in raid1 and raid10.
Instead queue each bio as it becomes available so an unplug will
activate all previously allocated bios and so a new bio has a chance
of being allocated.

This means we must set the 'remaining' count to '1' before submitting
any requests, then when all are submitted, decrement 'remaining' and
possible handle the write completion at that point.

Reported-by: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@googlemail.com>
Tested-by: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2010-10-28 17:34:07 +11:00
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bitmap.c md: use sector_t in bitmap_get_counter 2010-10-28 17:32:26 +11:00
bitmap.h md: use sector_t in bitmap_get_counter 2010-10-28 17:32:26 +11:00
dm-bio-record.h
dm-crypt.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-delay.c dm delay: support discard 2010-08-12 04:14:13 +01:00
dm-exception-store.c dm snapshot: test chunk size against both origin and snapshot 2010-08-12 04:13:51 +01:00
dm-exception-store.h dm snapshot: test chunk size against both origin and snapshot 2010-08-12 04:13:51 +01:00
dm-io.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-ioctl.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
dm-kcopyd.c block: unify flags for struct bio and struct request 2010-08-07 18:20:39 +02:00
dm-linear.c dm: use dm_target_offset macro 2010-08-12 04:14:11 +01:00
dm-log-userspace-base.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.h dm log: userspace add luid to distinguish between concurrent log instances 2009-09-04 20:40:34 +01:00
dm-log.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-mpath.c dm mpath: support discard 2010-08-12 04:14:32 +01:00
dm-mpath.h
dm-path-selector.c
dm-path-selector.h
dm-queue-length.c dm mpath: add queue length load balancer 2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
dm-raid1.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-region-hash.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-round-robin.c
dm-service-time.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dm-snap-persistent.c workqueues: s/ON_STACK/ONSTACK/ 2010-10-26 16:52:14 -07:00
dm-snap-transient.c dm snapshot: move cow ref from exception store to snap core 2009-12-10 23:52:12 +00:00
dm-snap.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-10-22 17:07:18 -07:00
dm-stripe.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-sysfs.c Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
dm-table.c Consolidate min_not_zero 2010-09-10 20:07:38 +02:00
dm-target.c dm: error return error for discards 2010-08-12 04:14:14 +01:00
dm-uevent.c dm table: remove dm_get from dm_table_get_md 2010-03-06 02:29:52 +00:00
dm-uevent.h
dm-zero.c dm: zero silently drop discards 2010-08-12 04:14:12 +01:00
dm.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2010-10-22 17:07:18 -07:00
dm.h dm: linear support discard 2010-08-12 04:14:08 +01:00
faulty.c Merge commit '3ff195b011d7decf501a4d55aeed312731094796' into for-linus 2010-05-22 08:31:36 +10:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'async' of macbook:git/btrfs-unstable 2010-08-09 10:36:44 +01:00
linear.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
linear.h
Makefile Merge branch 'async' of macbook:git/btrfs-unstable 2010-08-09 10:36:44 +01:00
md.c md: fix and update workqueue usage 2010-10-28 17:32:29 +11:00
md.h Merge branch 'v2.6.36-rc8' into for-2.6.37/barrier 2010-10-19 09:13:04 +02:00
multipath.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
multipath.h
raid0.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
raid0.h md: fix handling of array level takeover that re-arranges devices. 2010-06-24 13:33:24 +10:00
raid1.c md: Fix possible deadlock with multiple mempool allocations. 2010-10-28 17:34:07 +11:00
raid1.h md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
raid5.c md: use sector_t in bitmap_get_counter 2010-10-28 17:32:26 +11:00
raid5.h md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
raid10.c md: Fix possible deadlock with multiple mempool allocations. 2010-10-28 17:34:07 +11:00
raid10.h md: fix handling of array level takeover that re-arranges devices. 2010-06-24 13:33:24 +10:00