Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:04:37 -0500 | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] dpt_i2o fix for deadlock condition | From | (Lennart Sorensen) |
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:51:25AM -0500, Salyzyn, Mark wrote: > Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> forwarded me this fix to > resolve a deadlock condition that occurs due to the API change in > 2.6.13+ kernels dropping the host locking when entering the error > handling. They all end up calling adpt_i2o_post_wait(), which if you > call it unlocked, might return with host_lock locked anyway and that > causes a deadlock. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <aacraid@adaptec.com> > > drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++----- > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > Patch attached to email due to Outlook corrupting content when inlined.
There must still be a way to tell outlook to make the type something useful, rather than application/octet-stream. maybe if the extension was .patch.txt it would do something smarter.
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