Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271379AbTHDFkz (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:40:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271386AbTHDFkz (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:40:55 -0400 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:15323 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271379AbTHDFky (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:40:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 07:40:20 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: Lou Langholtz Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt , Manfred Spraul , linux-kernel mailing list Subject: Re: IDE locking problem Message-ID: <20030804054020.GV7920@suse.de> References: <3F2D1884.3010001@colorfullife.com> <1059920721.3524.137.camel@gaston> <3F2D2BBA.70205@aros.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F2D2BBA.70205@aros.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 991 Lines: 26 On Sun, Aug 03 2003, Lou Langholtz wrote: > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > >>The last step is bad - sooner or later the queue will be kfreed, and if > >>there are bozos around that still have references, they would access > >>random memory. It must be guaranteed that all references expired before > >>the tear down begins. Just leaving a dead flag set is not sufficient. > >> > >> > >Jens ? I see no refcounting of the queue,. . . > > > struct request_queue's kobj field perhaps? Queue still needs dynamically allocated for this to work, and it isn't. This is one of Al's projects, but he seems to be busy and/or away. It's pretty straight forward but pretty massive change, wonder if Linus could be talked into it... -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/