On Tue 28 Feb 2017 01:54:13 PM CET, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> bdrv_append() cares about isolation of the node that it modifies, but
> not about activity in some subtree below it. Instead of using the
> recursive bdrv_requests_pending(), directly check bs->in_flight, which
> considers only the node in question.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf
> Reviewed-by: Max Reitz
> ---
> block.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
> index 9e538a5..5189c7c 100644
> --- a/block.c
> +++ b/block.c
> @@ -2897,8 +2897,8 @@ static void change_parent_backing_link(BlockDriverState
> *from,
> */
> void bdrv_append(BlockDriverState *bs_new, BlockDriverState *bs_top)
> {
> -assert(!bdrv_requests_pending(bs_top));
> -assert(!bdrv_requests_pending(bs_new));
> +assert(!atomic_read(&bs_top->in_flight));
> +assert(!atomic_read(&bs_new->in_flight));
>
> bdrv_ref(bs_top);
I don't know if there's still any maintenance on the v2.8.x branch, but
I can make v2.8.1.1 crash easily because of this failing assertion.
Applying this patch fixes the issue.
I can provide more details if needed.
Regards,
Berto