md-cluster: fix locking when node joins cluster during message broadcast
If a node joins the cluster while a message broadcast is under way, a lock issue could happen as follows. For a cluster which included two nodes, if node A is calling __sendmsg before up-convert CR to EX on ack, and node B released CR on ack. But if a new node C joins the cluster and it doesn't receive the message which A sent before, so it could hold CR on ack before A up-convert CR to EX on ack. So a node joining the cluster should get an EX lock on the "token" first to ensure no broadcast is ongoing, then release it after held CR on ack. Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <gqjiang@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
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