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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm/backing-dev.c: fix crash when USB/SCSI device is detached
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 09:11:07PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:58:53PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
>> > On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 03:58:43PM +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
>> > > diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
>> > > index 71034f4..a39ad70 100644
>> > > --- a/mm/backing-dev.c
>> > > +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
>> > > @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static void wakeup_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
>> > >   if (bdi->wb.task) {
>> > >           trace_writeback_wake_thread(bdi);
>> > >           wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
>> > > - } else {
>> > > + } else if (bdi->dev) {
>> > >           /*
>> > >            * When bdi tasks are inactive for long time, they are killed.
>> > >            * In this case we have to wake-up the forker thread which
>> > > @@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev);
>> > >   */
>> > >  static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
>> > >  {
>> > > + struct task_struct *task = NULL;

Thanks, I fully understand.
In addition, Would not bdi_wakeup_flusher also be fixed?

From dc7d4e86911c0a7ea35043485b04e8a09aa74ffd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:14:48 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] backing-dev: add for 'fix wakeup timer races with
bdi_unregister()'

Signed-off-by: Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index f855916..ee40833 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
if (bdi->wb.task) {
wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
- } else {
+ } else if (bdi->dev) {
/*
* The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
* will create and run it.
--
1.7.0.4
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