[PATCH] md: fix hang in stop_sync_thread by setting THREAD_WAKEUP in md_wakeup_thread_directly

From: Jiasheng Jiang

Date: Sat Jan 10 2026 - 17:12:49 EST


Analysis of md.c shows that the md_thread() loop relies on the
THREAD_WAKEUP bit being set to progress beyond wait_event(). However,
md_wakeup_thread_directly() currently only calls wake_up_process()
without setting this bit.

As a result, a thread woken by md_wakeup_thread_directly() will find the
wait condition remains False and immediately return to sleep without
executing its run() handler. In the case of stop_sync_thread(), this
causes the sync thread to ignore the interruption request, leading to
a permanent hang.

Fix this by ensuring the THREAD_WAKEUP bit is set before waking the
process in md_wakeup_thread_directly().

Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 6d73f6e196a9..8709e9fd7f39 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8512,8 +8512,10 @@ static void md_wakeup_thread_directly(struct md_thread __rcu **thread)

rcu_read_lock();
t = rcu_dereference(*thread);
- if (t)
+ if (t) {
+ set_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &t->flags);
wake_up_process(t->tsk);
+ }
rcu_read_unlock();
}

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