1. 06 Dec, 2006 2 commits
    • Christophe Saout's avatar
      Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix SUNRPC wakeup/execute race condition · cc4dc59e
      Christophe Saout authored
      The sunrpc scheduler contains a race condition that can let an RPC
      task end up being neither running nor on any wait queue. The race takes
      place between rpc_make_runnable (called from rpc_wake_up_task) and
      __rpc_execute under the following condition:
      
      First __rpc_execute calls tk_action which puts the task on some wait
      queue. The task is dequeued by another process before __rpc_execute
      continues its execution. While executing rpc_make_runnable exactly after
      setting the task `running' bit and before clearing the `queued' bit
      __rpc_execute picks up execution, clears `running' and subsequently
      both functions fall through, both under the false assumption somebody
      else took the job.
      
      Swapping rpc_test_and_set_running with rpc_clear_queued in
      rpc_make_runnable fixes that hole. This introduces another possible
      race condition that can be handled by checking for `queued' after
      setting the `running' bit.
      
      Bug noticed on a 4-way x86_64 system under XEN with an NFSv4 server
      on the same physical machine, apparently one of the few ways to hit
      this race condition at all.
      
      Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
      Cc: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarChristophe Saout <christophe@saout.de>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarTrond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
      cc4dc59e
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 · ec0bf39a
      Linus Torvalds authored
      * master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (73 commits)
        [SCSI] aic79xx: Add ASC-29320LPE ids to driver
        [SCSI] stex: version update
        [SCSI] stex: change wait loop code
        [SCSI] stex: add new device type support
        [SCSI] stex: update device id info
        [SCSI] stex: adjust default queue length
        [SCSI] stex: add value check in hard reset routine
        [SCSI] stex: fix controller_info command handling
        [SCSI] stex: fix biosparam calculation
        [SCSI] megaraid: fix MMIO casts
        [SCSI] tgt: fix undefined flush_dcache_page() problem
        [SCSI] libsas: better error handling in sas_expander.c
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Change version number to 8.1.11
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Misc Fixes
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Add soft_wwnn sysfs attribute, rename soft_wwn_enable
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Removed decoding of PCI Subsystem Id
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Add MSI (Message Signalled Interrupts) support
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Adjust LOG_FCP logging
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Fix Memory leaks
        [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Fix lpfc_multi_ring_support
        ...
      ec0bf39a
  2. 05 Dec, 2006 38 commits