Linux kernel
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Mikulas Patocka
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This commit fixes the following bugs introduced by commit 70bbeb29 ("dm delay: for short delays, use kthread instead of timers and wq"): * the function flush_worker_fn has no exit path - on unload, this function will just loop and consume 100% CPU without any progress * the wake-up mechanism in flush_worker_fn is racy - a wake up will be missed if the process adds entries to the delayed_bios list just before set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) * flush_delayed_bios_fast submits a bio while holding a global mutex; this may deadlock if we have multiple stacked dm-delay devices and the underlying device attempts to acquire the mutex too * if the target constructor fails, it will call delay_dtr. delay_dtr would attempt to free dc->timer_lock without it being initialized by the constructor. * if the target constructor's kthread allocation fails, delay_dtr would crash trying to dereference dc->worker because it is non-NULL due to ERR_PTR. Fixes: 70bbeb29 ("dm delay: for short delays, use kthread instead of timers and wq") Signed-off-by:Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by:
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>