Re: [Bug 18252] spinlock lockup in __make_request <- submit_bio <- ondemand_readahead

[Stefan Richter]

Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2010-09-14 08:56, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18252
>> Florian Mickler wrote:
>>> There was an scsi-related use-after-free OOPS fixed recently and pulled 3 days
>>> ago.  
...
>>> Maybe you are seeing that?
>>>
>>> (reacting to the general-protection-fault preceded by scsi_init in the
>>> attachment jpg)
>> Now that you point it out --- perhaps.  Though I haven't looked into the
>> mechanics of the now fixed scsi_ini_io use after free.
> 
> It seems the very likely explanation, since I can't see any other way that
> you would deadlock on the queue lock from that call trace if you haven't
> had someone else crash with the lock held already.

Good, I close the bugzilla item right away with the reasonable assuption that
it is fixed by commit 3a5c19c23db65a554f2e4f5df5f307c668277056.
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