Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:43:51 -0600 | From | Jim Ramsay <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2 |
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On 8/23/05, Jim Ramsay <jim.ramsay@gmail.com> wrote: > Then I must have found an undocumented feature! I've applied this set > of patches to a 2.6.11 kernel (with few problems) and ran into a bunch > of "scheduling while atomic" errors when hotplugging a drive, culprit > being probably scsi_sysfs.c where scsi_remove_device locks a mutex, or > perhaps when it then calls class_device_unregister, which does a > 'down_write'.
After further debugging, it appears that the problem is the debounce timer in libata-core.c.
Timers appear to operate in an atomic context, so timers should not be allowed to call scsi_remove_device, which eventually schedules.
Any suggestions on the best way to fix this?
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