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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2009-08-19 18:21:52 -0400
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2009-08-19 18:21:52 -0400
commit6a396f67d2442e30150ffb5e1142dbb2f2181d3f (patch)
tree2ea4f3ab1d3766204a55ec26600b848ed3a7e8aa /drivers/md/md.h
parentf884dcaead5f17bf586ac5fe6a3ad07b5203616a (diff)
parentcccddf4f5580131c9b963900e1d3400655e633cc (diff)
Merge branch 'nfsv4_xdr_cleanups-for-2.6.32' into nfs-for-2.6.32
Conflicts: fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
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diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 78f03168baf9..f8fc188bc762 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ struct mddev_s
* so we don't loop trying */
int in_sync; /* know to not need resync */
+ /* 'open_mutex' avoids races between 'md_open' and 'do_md_stop', so
+ * that we are never stopping an array while it is open.
+ * 'reconfig_mutex' protects all other reconfiguration.
+ * These locks are separate due to conflicting interactions
+ * with bdev->bd_mutex.
+ * Lock ordering is:
+ * reconfig_mutex -> bd_mutex : e.g. do_md_run -> revalidate_disk
+ * bd_mutex -> open_mutex: e.g. __blkdev_get -> md_open
+ */
+ struct mutex open_mutex;
struct mutex reconfig_mutex;
atomic_t active; /* general refcount */
atomic_t openers; /* number of active opens */