On Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:24:11 -0700 James Bottomley 
<james.bottom...@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:

> > --- a/block/blk-core.c~block-fix-possible-sleep-in-invalid-context-fix
> > +++ a/block/blk-core.c
> > @@ -3159,15 +3159,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_pre_runtime_resume);
> >   */
> >  void blk_post_runtime_resume(struct request_queue *q, int err)
> >  {
> > +   spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> >     if (!err) {
> > -           spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> >             q->rpm_status = RPM_ACTIVE;
> >             __blk_run_queue(q);
> >             pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(q->dev);
> >             spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> >             pm_request_autosuspend(q->dev);
> >     } else {
> > -           spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> >             q->rpm_status = RPM_SUSPENDED;
> >             spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
> >     }
> > _
> > 
> > 
> > I wonder if we actually need locking around that second write to
> > q->rpm_status.
> 
> Shouldn't: it's an int, which makes it a 32 bit quantity we believe to
> have atomic write properties on every platform.

Yes, but.  If there's some other code path which does:

        spin_lock(queue_lock);
        x = q->rpm_status;
        ...
        y = q->rpm_status;
        ...
        <assumes x == y>
        spin_unlock(queue_lock);

then it blows up if we make the suggested change.  Stranger things have
happened...

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