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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #2
Jim Ramsay wrote:
> 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?

Workqueue, perhaps.
>

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George Anzinger george@mvista.com
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