Re: [-mm patch] fix locking in __make_request (was Re: 2.6.20-mm2: Oops in generic_make_request)

Hi Frederik,

On 20/02/07, Frederik Deweerdt <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Michal,

This seems to be a locking problem in __make_request, check_plug_merge()
should be called with the q->queue_lock held.
Could you try the following patch? It silenced the oops for me.


For me too, but Jens dislikes this patch.


Regards,
Frederik


Regards,
Michal

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