The patch below does not apply to the 3.0-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From afbaa90b80b1ec66e5137cc3824746bfdf559b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:05:06 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] md/bitmap: prevent bitmap_daemon_work running while initialising bitmap If a bitmap is added while the array is active, it is possible for bitmap_daemon_work to run while the bitmap is being initialised. This is particularly a problem if bitmap_daemon_work sees bitmap->filemap as non-NULL before it has been filled in properly. So hold bitmap_info.mutex while filling in ->filemap to prevent problems. This patch is suitable for any -stable kernel, though it might not apply cleanly before about 3.1. Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c index 1c264a7..97e73e5 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c +++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c @@ -1785,7 +1785,9 @@ int bitmap_load(struct mddev *mddev) * re-add of a missing device */ start = mddev->recovery_cp; + mutex_lock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex); err = bitmap_init_from_disk(bitmap, start); + mutex_unlock(&mddev->bitmap_info.mutex); if (err) goto out; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
