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author | Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> | 2014-03-03 16:52:28 +0100 |
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committer | Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> | 2014-03-05 21:26:59 +0100 |
commit | 738211f70a1d0c7ff7dc965395f7b8a436365ebd (patch) | |
tree | c18a2183962a4498ef247c01dac98c54f5c95108 /Documentation/device-mapper/thin-provisioning.txt | |
parent | dm thin: fix deadlock in __requeue_bio_list (diff) | |
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dm thin: fix noflush suspend IO queueing
i) by the time DM core calls the postsuspend hook the dm_noflush flag
has been cleared. So the old thin_postsuspend did nothing. We need to
use the presuspend hook instead.
ii) There was a race between bios leaving DM core and arriving in the
deferred queue.
thin_presuspend now sets a 'requeue' flag causing all bios destined for
that thin to be requeued back to DM core. Then it requeues all held IO,
and all IO on the deferred queue (destined for that thin). Finally
postsuspend clears the 'requeue' flag.
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
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