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DateMon, 13 May 2002 15:48:32 +0200
FromJens Axboe <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.5.15 IDE 62
On Mon, May 13 2002, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> Mon May 13 12:38:11 CEST 2002 ide-clean-62
> 
> - Add missing locking around ide_do_request in do_ide_request().

This is broken, do_ide_request() is already called with the request lock
held. tq_disk run -> generic_unplug_device (grab lock) ->
__generic_unplug_device -> do_ide_request(). You just introduced a
deadlock.

This code would have caused hangs or massive corruption immediately if
ide_lock wasn't ready held there. Not to mention instant spin_unlock
BUG() triggers in queue_command()

-- 
Jens Axboe

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