Re: revert: loop: queue_lock NULL pointer derefence in blk_throtl_exit V1

[Jens Axboe]

On 2011-02-11 13:59, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> Hello Jens, Andrew
> 
> We have accidentally commit "loop: queue_lock NULL pointer 
> derefence in blk_throtl_exit V1" applied: ee71a968672a9951aee6014c55511007596425bc
> 
> It's not a huge problem, but I think, it's better to have V3 applied 
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/1/21/158
> 
> since V3 targets all the throttle users, not only loop (by moving 
> `fall-back' from loop_free to blk_release_queue).
> 
> V3 is in Andrew's mmotm as for now 
> loop-queue_lock-null-pointer-derefence-in-blk_throtl_exit-v3.patch
> 
> Could we please revert ee71a968672a9951aee6014c55511007596425bc when 
> loop-queue_lock-null-pointer-derefence-in-blk_throtl_exit-v3 will land 
> in the kernel?

Send an incremental patch if there's overlap, otherwise we'll do the
revert. I'm on my way out the door and I'll be away from the computer
all of next week, so perhaps Andrew can assist you in upstreaming such a
patch?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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