On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:07:40 -0700 Greg KH <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 02:02:30PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Mr Stable,
> > 
> >  please apply patch
> > 
> > commit fab363b5ff502d1b39ddcfec04271f5858d9f26e
> > Author: Shaohua Li <[email protected]>
> > Date:   Tue Jul 3 15:57:19 2012 +1000
> > 
> >     raid5: delayed stripe fix
> > 
> > 
> > to 3.4.y and 3.2.y.
> > 
> > It fixes a deadlock in RAID5 which can cause all IO to hang.
> > It has been demonstrated to fix a real-life problem (the race is not
> > theoretical).
> 
> Is it also needed for 3.0.x?  It seems to apply there just fine.

Yes it is.  Don't know why I missed that.
I see you've already included it - thanks.

NeilBrown

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