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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 25 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 5a37e2055717..0e8ca0347707 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -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); |