Re: [PATCH] block: Remove deadlock in disk_clear_events
From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Oct 12 2012 - 13:01:38 EST
On 2012-10-11 15:52, Derek Basehore wrote:
> In disk_clear_events, do not put work on system_nrt_freezable_wq. Instead, put
> it on system_nrt_wq.
>
> There is a race between probing a usb and suspending the device. Since probing a
> usb calls disk_clear_events, which puts work on a frozen workqueue, probing
> cannot finish after the workqueue is frozen. However, suspending cannot finish
> until the usb probe is finished, so we get a deadlock.
Thanks, applied to later inclusion into 3.7. You did not mark this as
stable, though it seems it should be?
--
Jens Axboe
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