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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-01-05 09:17:33 +0900
committerTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2010-01-05 09:17:33 +0900
commit32032df6c2f6c9c6b2ada2ce42322231824f70c2 (patch)
treeb1ce838a37044bb38dfc128e2116ca35630e629a /mm/backing-dev.c
parent22b737f4c75197372d64afc6ed1bccd58c00e549 (diff)
parentc5974b835a909ff15c3b7e6cf6789b5eb919f419 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into percpu
Conflicts: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S include/linux/percpu.h
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c27
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 3d3accb1f80..0e8ca034770 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
"BdiDirtyThresh: %8lu kB\n"
"DirtyThresh: %8lu kB\n"
"BackgroundThresh: %8lu kB\n"
- "WriteBack threads:%8lu\n"
+ "WritebackThreads: %8lu\n"
"b_dirty: %8lu\n"
"b_io: %8lu\n"
"b_more_io: %8lu\n"
@@ -604,15 +604,36 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
/*
* Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU
- * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility.
+ * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. Force
+ * unfreeze of the thread before calling kthread_stop(), otherwise
+ * it would never exet if it is currently stuck in the refrigerator.
*/
- list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list)
+ list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) {
+ thaw_process(wb->task);
kthread_stop(wb->task);
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * This bdi is going away now, make sure that no super_blocks point to it
+ */
+static void bdi_prune_sb(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb;
+
+ spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+ if (sb->s_bdi == bdi)
+ sb->s_bdi = NULL;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
}
void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
if (bdi->dev) {
+ bdi_prune_sb(bdi);
+
if (!bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi))
bdi_wb_shutdown(bdi);
bdi_debug_unregister(bdi);