[patch 059/100] dm kcopyd: prepare for callback race fix

From: Chris Wright
Date: Thu Apr 23 2009 - 03:48:01 EST


-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
---------------------

From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>

upstream commit: 73830857bca6f6c9dbd48e906daea50bea42d676

Use a variable in segment_complete() to point to the dm_kcopyd_client
struct and only release job->pages in run_complete_job() if any are
defined. These changes are needed by the next patch.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ static int run_complete_job(struct kcopy
dm_kcopyd_notify_fn fn = job->fn;
struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc = job->kc;

- kcopyd_put_pages(kc, job->pages);
+ if (job->pages)
+ kcopyd_put_pages(kc, job->pages);
mempool_free(job, kc->job_pool);
fn(read_err, write_err, context);

@@ -461,6 +462,7 @@ static void segment_complete(int read_er
sector_t progress = 0;
sector_t count = 0;
struct kcopyd_job *job = (struct kcopyd_job *) context;
+ struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc = job->kc;

mutex_lock(&job->lock);

@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@ static void segment_complete(int read_er

if (count) {
int i;
- struct kcopyd_job *sub_job = mempool_alloc(job->kc->job_pool,
+ struct kcopyd_job *sub_job = mempool_alloc(kc->job_pool,
GFP_NOIO);

*sub_job = *job;

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