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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] blk-mq: Fix request handover from timeout path to normal execution
On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 02:08:37PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 04/02/18 12:01, Tejun Heo wrote:
> >+ * As nothing prevents from completion happening while
> >+ * ->aborted_gstate is set, this may lead to ignored completions
> >+ * and further spurious timeouts.
> >+ */
> >+ if (rq->rq_flags & RQF_MQ_TIMEOUT_RESET)
> >+ blk_mq_rq_update_aborted_gstate(rq, 0);
>
> Hello Tejun,
>
> Since this patch fixes one race but introduces another race, is this
> patch really an improvement?

Oh, that's not a new race. That's the same non-critical race which
always existed. It's just being documented.

Thanks.

--
tejun

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