Re: -rc3 regression (was Re: 2.6.25-rc2 + smartd = hang )

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 19:18:49 EST


On Tuesday 04 March 2008, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:

> Untested patch which may help in case that set_pio_mode() raced with
> the queueing of the special request and block layer doesn't call
> ->request_fn_proc again if we were preempted previously (if PREEMPT=y).

I need some sleep... this patch is not going to help (though disabling
PREEMPT may be worth a try). Sorry for the confusion.

Bart
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