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authorLars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>2014-07-09 21:18:32 +0200
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2014-07-10 11:06:03 +0200
commitbbc1c5e8ad6dfebf9d13b8a4ccdf66c92913eac9 (patch)
tree5493cdbd6b5912d1c71c5934695d1d382a41c397 /drivers/block
parentd45b3279a5a2252cafcd665bbf2db8c9b31ef783 (diff)
drbd: fix regression 'out of mem, failed to invoke fence-peer helper'
Since linux kernel 3.13, kthread_run() internally uses wait_for_completion_killable(). We sometimes may use kthread_run() while we still have a signal pending, which we used to kick our threads out of potentially blocking network functions, causing kthread_run() to mistake that as a new fatal signal and fail. Fix: flush_signals() before kthread_run(). Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 1b35c45c92b7..3f2e16738080 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ void conn_try_outdate_peer_async(struct drbd_connection *connection)
struct task_struct *opa;
kref_get(&connection->kref);
+ /* We may just have force_sig()'ed this thread
+ * to get it out of some blocking network function.
+ * Clear signals; otherwise kthread_run(), which internally uses
+ * wait_on_completion_killable(), will mistake our pending signal
+ * for a new fatal signal and fail. */
+ flush_signals(current);
opa = kthread_run(_try_outdate_peer_async, connection, "drbd_async_h");
if (IS_ERR(opa)) {
drbd_err(connection, "out of mem, failed to invoke fence-peer helper\n");