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Unregister sync_thread doesn't need to hold reconfig_mutex since it doesn't reconfigure array. And it could cause deadlock problem for raid5 as follows: 1. process A tried to reap sync thread with reconfig_mutex held after echo idle to sync_action. 2. raid5 sync thread was blocked if there were too many active stripes. 3. SB_CHANGE_PENDING was set (because of write IO comes from upper layer) which causes the number of active stripes can't be decreased. 4. SB_CHANGE_PENDING can't be cleared since md_check_recovery was not able to hold reconfig_mutex. More details in the link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/5ed54ffc-ce82-bf66-4eff-390cb23bc1ac@molgen.mpg.de/T/#t And add one parameter to md_reap_sync_thread since it could be called by dm-raid which doesn't hold reconfig_mutex. Reported-and-tested-by: Donald Buczek <buczek@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Guoqing Jiang <guoqing.jiang@cloud.ionos.com> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.