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Mikulas Patocka d58168763f dm table: rework reference counting
Rework table reference counting.

The existing code uses a reference counter. When the last reference is
dropped and the counter reaches zero, the table destructor is called.
Table reference counters are acquired/released from upcalls from other
kernel code (dm_any_congested, dm_merge_bvec, dm_unplug_all).
If the reference counter reaches zero in one of the upcalls, the table
destructor is called from almost random kernel code.

This leads to various problems:
* dm_any_congested being called under a spinlock, which calls the
  destructor, which calls some sleeping function.
* the destructor attempting to take a lock that is already taken by the
  same process.
* stale reference from some other kernel code keeps the table
  constructed, which keeps some devices open, even after successful
  return from "dmsetup remove". This can confuse lvm and prevent closing
  of underlying devices or reusing device minor numbers.

The patch changes reference counting so that the table destructor can be
called only at predetermined places.

The table has always exactly one reference from either mapped_device->map
or hash_cell->new_map. After this patch, this reference is not counted
in table->holders.  A pair of dm_create_table/dm_destroy_table functions
is used for table creation/destruction.

Temporary references from the other code increase table->holders. A pair
of dm_table_get/dm_table_put functions is used to manipulate it.

When the table is about to be destroyed, we wait for table->holders to
reach 0. Then, we call the table destructor.  We use active waiting with
msleep(1), because the situation happens rarely (to one user in 5 years)
and removing the device isn't performance-critical task: the user doesn't
care if it takes one tick more or not.

This way, the destructor is called only at specific points
(dm_table_destroy function) and the above problems associated with lazy
destruction can't happen.

Finally remove the temporary protection added to dm_any_congested().

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2009-01-06 03:05:10 +00:00
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raid6test md: raid6: clean up the style of raid6test/test.c 2008-02-06 10:41:18 -08:00
.gitignore gitignore: misc files 2006-01-01 22:21:50 +01:00
bitmap.c md: Don't read past end of bitmap when reading bitmap. 2008-12-19 16:25:01 +11:00
dm-bio-list.h dm: bio_list macro renaming 2007-10-20 02:01:11 +01:00
dm-bio-record.h Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dm-crypt.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-delay.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-exception-store.c dm: remove dm header from targets 2008-10-21 17:44:59 +01:00
dm-io.c bio: allow individual slabs in the bio_set 2008-12-29 08:29:23 +01:00
dm-ioctl.c dm table: rework reference counting 2009-01-06 03:05:10 +00:00
dm-kcopyd.c dm: remove dm header from targets 2008-10-21 17:44:59 +01:00
dm-linear.c dm: support barriers on simple devices 2009-01-06 03:05:09 +00:00
dm-log.c dm log: ensure log bitmap fits on log device 2009-01-06 03:05:02 +00:00
dm-mpath.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-mpath.h dm mpath: remove is_active from struct dm_path 2008-10-10 13:36:58 +01:00
dm-path-selector.c dm: remove dm header from targets 2008-10-21 17:44:59 +01:00
dm-path-selector.h [PATCH] struct path: rename DM's struct path 2006-12-08 08:28:40 -08:00
dm-raid1.c dm log: move region_size validation 2009-01-06 03:05:01 +00:00
dm-region-hash.c dm raid1: separate region_hash interface part1 2008-10-21 17:45:06 +01:00
dm-round-robin.c dm: remove dm header from targets 2008-10-21 17:44:59 +01:00
dm-snap.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-snap.h dm snapshot: wait for chunks in destructor 2008-10-30 13:33:16 +00:00
dm-stripe.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-table.c dm table: rework reference counting 2009-01-06 03:05:10 +00:00
dm-target.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm-uevent.c md: replace remaining __FUNCTION__ occurrences 2008-04-28 08:58:42 -07:00
dm-uevent.h dm: uevent generate events 2007-10-20 02:01:26 +01:00
dm-zero.c dm: consolidate target deregistration error handling 2009-01-06 03:04:58 +00:00
dm.c dm table: rework reference counting 2009-01-06 03:05:10 +00:00
dm.h dm table: rework reference counting 2009-01-06 03:05:10 +00:00
faulty.c md: check for memory allocation failure in faulty personality 2008-10-16 14:16:53 +11:00
Kconfig raid, fastboot: hide RAID autodetect option if MD is compiled as a module 2008-10-12 08:25:14 -07:00
linear.c md: linear: Fix a division by zero bug for very small arrays. 2008-11-06 19:41:24 +11:00
Makefile dm raid1: separate region_hash interface part1 2008-10-21 17:45:06 +01:00
md.c md: revert the recent addition of a call to the BLKRRPART ioctl. 2008-11-06 17:28:01 +11:00
mktables.c md: raid6: Fix mktable.c 2008-02-06 10:41:18 -08:00
multipath.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 2008-10-17 09:00:23 -07:00
raid0.c md: Remove unnecessary #includes, #defines, and function declarations. 2008-10-13 11:55:12 +11:00
raid1.c md: build failure due to missing delay.h 2008-10-15 21:57:05 +11:00
raid5.c md: Relax minimum size restrictions on chunk_size. 2008-10-13 11:55:12 +11:00
raid6.h md: Remove unnecessary #includes, #defines, and function declarations. 2008-10-13 11:55:12 +11:00
raid6algos.c drivers/md: use time_before, time_before_eq, etc 2008-04-28 08:58:42 -07:00
raid6altivec.uc [PATCH] RAID6 Altivec fix 2005-09-17 11:49:58 -07:00
raid6int.uc Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
raid6mmx.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6recov.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
raid6sse1.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6sse2.c x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid6x86.h x86 merge fallout: uml 2007-10-29 07:41:32 -07:00
raid10.c md: fix bug in raid10 recovery. 2008-11-06 17:28:20 +11:00
unroll.pl Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00