[RESEND PATCH v5 0/2] block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios

2013-09-06 Thread Joe Lawrence
Hi Jens, James, This is a resend of a patchset to 1) protect blk_get_request __GFP_WAIT callers from dead queues and then 2) convert blk_get_request to return ERR_PTR to distinguish between dead queues and low-memory scenarios. [1] A similar bug report appeared on LKML in June [2], (although I don

Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios

2013-07-24 Thread Joe Lawrence
On Fri, 24 May 2013 14:15:31 -0400 Joe Lawrence wrote: > [PATCH v5 0/2] block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios > > Changes from v4: > > - As per James' suggestion, split into two patches: the first adds >blk_get_request return value checking to av

[PATCH v5 0/2] block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios

2013-05-24 Thread Joe Lawrence
[PATCH v5 0/2] block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios Changes from v4: - As per James' suggestion, split into two patches: the first adds blk_get_request return value checking to avoid potential oops, the second converts callers and friends to handle ER