[PATCH] Stability fixes for IPS driver for 4.x

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Sat Apr 9 08:20:58 PDT 2005


All,

Thanks to the keen eye of David Sze, the cause of the instability in the 
ips driver in FreeBSD 4.x might have been found.  If it's affecting you,
please try the attached patch and let me know the results.  I'll commit 
it when everyone is happy with it.

Thanks,

Scott
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Index: ips_commands.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/sys/dev/ips/ips_commands.c,v
retrieving revision 1.11.6.1
diff -u -r1.11.6.1 ips_commands.c
--- ips_commands.c	13 Jan 2005 00:46:40 -0000	1.11.6.1
+++ ips_commands.c	9 Apr 2005 15:09:50 -0000
@@ -162,8 +162,11 @@
 void ips_start_io_request(ips_softc_t *sc)
 {
 	struct buf *iobuf;
+	int s
 
+	s = splbio();
 	iobuf = bufq_first(&sc->queue);
+	splx(s);
 	if(!iobuf) {
 		return;
 	}
@@ -171,8 +174,10 @@
 	if(ips_get_free_cmd(sc, ips_send_io_request, iobuf, IPS_NOWAIT_FLAG)){
 		return;
 	}
-	
+
+	s = splbio();
 	bufq_remove(&sc->queue, iobuf);
+	splx(s);
 	return;
 }
 
Index: ips_disk.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/sys/dev/ips/ips_disk.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6.6.1
diff -u -r1.6.6.1 ips_disk.c
--- ips_disk.c	13 Jan 2005 00:46:40 -0000	1.6.6.1
+++ ips_disk.c	9 Apr 2005 15:07:50 -0000
@@ -128,12 +128,15 @@
 static void ipsd_strategy(struct buf *iobuf)
 {
 	ipsdisk_softc_t *dsc;
+	int s;
 
 	dsc = iobuf->b_dev->si_drv1;	
 	DEVICE_PRINTF(8,dsc->dev,"in strategy\n");
 	devstat_start_transaction(&dsc->stats);
 	iobuf->b_driver1 = (void *)(uintptr_t)dsc->sc->drives[dsc->disk_number].drivenum;
-	bufqdisksort(&dsc->sc->queue, iobuf);
+	s = splbio();
+	bufq_insert_tail(&dsc->sc->queue, iobuf);
+	splx(s);
 	ips_start_io_request(dsc->sc);
 }
 


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