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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2014-01-16 08:33:30 (GMT) |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2014-01-16 08:33:30 (GMT) |
commit | 860fc2f2640ec348b9520ca4649b1bfd23d91bc2 (patch) | |
tree | 73d90d6ef86893c89bb70e78a2b63295d531f371 /drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | |
parent | 197749981e539c1eb5863f417de6dd4e2c02b76c (diff) | |
parent | bee09ed91cacdbffdbcd3b05de8409c77ec9fcd6 (diff) | |
download | linux-860fc2f2640ec348b9520ca4649b1bfd23d91bc2.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Pick up the latest fixes, refresh the development tree.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c')
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c index ab58556..377eb88 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c @@ -3872,6 +3872,27 @@ void ata_scsi_hotplug(struct work_struct *work) return; } + /* + * XXX - UGLY HACK + * + * The block layer suspend/resume path is fundamentally broken due + * to freezable kthreads and workqueue and may deadlock if a block + * device gets removed while resume is in progress. I don't know + * what the solution is short of removing freezable kthreads and + * workqueues altogether. + * + * The following is an ugly hack to avoid kicking off device + * removal while freezer is active. This is a joke but does avoid + * this particular deadlock scenario. + * + * https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62801 + * http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=138695698516487 + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER + while (pm_freezing) + msleep(10); +#endif + DPRINTK("ENTER\n"); mutex_lock(&ap->scsi_scan_mutex); |