Re: [PATCH] fix kernel oops in generic_unplug_device() for md

Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:11:46 +0100


On Tue, Mar 11 2003, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Luben Tuikov <luben@splentec.com> wrote:
> >
> > The following patch fixes a kernel oops when doing
> > blk_unplug_work() (oopses in generic_unplug_device()) for md.
> >
> > The oops and the original report are here:
> > http://MARC.10East.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=104706400705154&w=2
> >
>
> Yup, is a bug. I received the below fix from Neil today which looks
> simpler.
>
> diff -puN drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~auto-unplugging-fix drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c
> --- 25/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~auto-unplugging-fix Tue Mar 11 15:04:00 2003
> +++ 25-akpm/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c Tue Mar 11 15:04:00 2003
> @@ -1004,7 +1004,8 @@ void generic_unplug_device(void *data)
>
> static void blk_unplug_work(void *data)
> {
> - generic_unplug_device(data);
> + request_queue_t *q = data;
> + q->unplug_fn(q);
> }

this is the correct fix

-- 
Jens Axboe

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