Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] block: nr_sects_write(): Disable preemption on seqcount write

[Jens Axboe]

On 6/3/20 8:49 AM, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> For optimized block readers not holding a mutex, the "number of sectors"
> 64-bit value is protected from tearing on 32-bit architectures by a
> sequence counter.
> 
> Disable preemption before entering that sequence counter's write side
> critical section. Otherwise, the read side can preempt the write side
> section and spin for the entire scheduler tick. If the reader belongs to
> a real-time scheduling class, it can spin forever and the kernel will
> livelock.

Applied, thanks.

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Jens Axboe