linux/drivers
NeilBrown 4e78064f42 md: Fix possible deadlock with multiple mempool allocations.
It is not safe to allocate from a mempool while holding an item
previously allocated from that mempool as that can deadlock when the
mempool is close to exhaustion.

So don't use a bio list to collect the bios to write to multiple
devices in raid1 and raid10.
Instead queue each bio as it becomes available so an unplug will
activate all previously allocated bios and so a new bio has a chance
of being allocated.

This means we must set the 'remaining' count to '1' before submitting
any requests, then when all are submitted, decrement 'remaining' and
possible handle the write completion at that point.

Reported-by: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@googlemail.com>
Tested-by: Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2010-10-28 17:34:07 +11:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-10-26 17:28:37 -07:00
amba
ata Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
atm Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
auxdisplay
base Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/suspend-2.6 2010-10-26 17:31:05 -07:00
block mm: strictly nested kmap_atomic() 2010-10-26 16:52:08 -07:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
cdrom
char Merge branch 'drm-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2010-10-26 18:57:59 -07:00
clocksource
connector
cpufreq
cpuidle
crypto replace nested max/min macros with {max,min}3 macro 2010-10-26 16:52:12 -07:00
dca
dio
dma
edac Merge branch 'linux_next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/i7core 2010-10-26 10:13:48 -07:00
eisa
firewire Merge branch 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 2010-10-25 08:05:29 -07:00
firmware Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
gpio pca953x: pca953x driver fixes for x86 mrst 2010-10-26 16:52:15 -07:00
gpu Merge branch 'drm-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2010-10-26 18:57:59 -07:00
hid Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2010-10-25 07:59:01 -07:00
hwmon hwmon: lis3: Release resources in case of failure 2010-10-25 14:44:59 -07:00
i2c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6 2010-10-25 07:51:49 -07:00
ide Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
idle Merge branch 'idle-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-idle-2.6 2010-10-26 17:28:07 -07:00
ieee802154
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-10-26 17:58:44 -07:00
input Merge branch 'davinci-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-davinci 2010-10-25 10:59:31 -07:00
isdn Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
leds
lguest
macintosh replace nested max/min macros with {max,min}3 macro 2010-10-26 16:52:12 -07:00
mca
md md: Fix possible deadlock with multiple mempool allocations. 2010-10-28 17:34:07 +11:00
media Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2010-10-25 07:59:01 -07:00
memstick
message Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2010-10-22 17:34:15 -07:00
mfd Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 2010-10-25 08:32:05 -07:00
misc Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2010-10-26 17:58:44 -07:00
mmc at91/atmel-mci: inclusion of sd/mmc driver in at91sam9g45 chip and board 2010-10-26 11:32:49 +02:00
mtd Merge branch 'davinci-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/khilman/linux-davinci 2010-10-25 10:59:31 -07:00
net Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2010-10-26 17:54:22 -07:00
nubus
of
oprofile fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode 2010-10-25 21:26:11 -04:00
parisc
parport Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
pcmcia Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
platform Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86 2010-10-25 08:28:13 -07:00
pnp Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2010-10-26 17:28:37 -07:00
power Merge git://git.infradead.org/battery-2.6 2010-10-26 10:14:23 -07:00
pps
ps3
rapidio
regulator
rtc AT91: rtc: enable built-in RTC in Kconfig for at91sam9g45 family 2010-10-26 11:32:49 +02:00
s390 [S390] cleanup facility list handling 2010-10-25 16:10:21 +02:00
sbus Merge branch 'next-devicetree' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2010-10-25 08:19:14 -07:00
scsi Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
serial Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 2010-10-25 13:46:56 -07:00
sfi
sh
sn
spi Merge branch 'for-next' of git://android.git.kernel.org/kernel/tegra 2010-10-25 18:42:06 -07:00
ssb
staging fs: add sync_inode_metadata 2010-10-25 21:18:19 -04:00
tc
telephony
thermal
uio Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
usb fix braino in fs: do not assign default i_ino in new_inode 2010-10-26 20:25:45 -07:00
uwb uwb: Remove the WLP subsystem and drivers 2010-10-25 14:03:45 +01:00
vhost Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
video Merge branch 'drm-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2010-10-26 18:57:59 -07:00
virtio
vlynq
w1
watchdog Merge branch 'omap-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6 2010-10-25 13:46:56 -07:00
xen Merge branches 'upstream/xenfs' and 'upstream/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeremy/xen 2010-10-26 18:20:19 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig
Makefile Merge branch 'ieee1394-removal' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 2010-10-25 08:05:29 -07:00