Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272577AbTHEIIq (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 04:08:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272579AbTHEIIq (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 04:08:46 -0400 Received: from AMarseille-201-1-3-113.w193-253.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.253.250.113]:48679 "EHLO gaston") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272577AbTHEIIZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 04:08:25 -0400 Subject: Re: IDE locking problem From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Cc: Alan Cox , linux-kernel mailing list In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1060070884.615.47.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 05 Aug 2003 10:08:05 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2444 Lines: 51 On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 02:28, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > On 3 Aug 2003, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > And there's more to it... ide_unregister() doesn't copy hwif->hold from > > old to new hwif causing my hotswap bay to lose it's iops on next plug, > > it doesn't call unregister_device() for neither hwif->gendev nor > > drive[n]->gendev, causing the device model list to be corrupted after > > an unregister, ... > > What is a goal of calling init_hwif_data() in ide_unregister()? > I guess it is used mainly to clear hwif->io_ports and hwif->irq. > Therefore even if you are using hwif->hold flag io_ports will be set to > default values, so how do you later find your hwif? What is the goal ? good question ;) I'd be happy with removing most of the junk in init_hwif_data, but we need to go a bit further there for 2.7, maybe we should discuss that one irc one of these days ;) We probably want to remove the static array of hwifs and change that into pointers, hwif themselves beeing fully initialized 'offline' by the host driver, then handed out to the ide layer... In the meantime, the current code works because init_hwif_data() calls ide_init_hwif_ports() which is an arch hook, which will fill the proper io base, so the hwif can still be found. Since the IOps themselves are saved/restored in ide_unregister, we end up with proper IO base and proper IOps still there. In fact, I suspect the only remaining useful thing done by init_hwif_date() in there is to clear the drive structures. > Hmmm... what about not copying anything and calling init_hwif_data() > only if !hwif->hold? We may probably still want to clear the drive array and maybe a the present flag, no ? Also, look at my patch, we also _NEED_ to add some proper device_unregister calls to ide_unregister() or this function will leave dangling entries in the device list, and since those have the same restrictions as the new blk_cleanup_queue(), we really need to do that without the lock held. I'd suggest merging my patch for now, it won't make things much worse than what they are today regarding racyness of IDE registration and unregistration, we an look into sanitizing this as a 2.7 goal. Ben. - 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/