From: Bryn M. Reeves <breeves@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:29:32 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dm mpath: rdac fix init race
X-Git-Tag: v2.6.24-rc1~130^2~28
X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c7ac86de6a1bcb1b59c83e19b0d0d64a59604ade;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6

dm mpath: rdac fix init race

Re-order the initialisation of dm-rdac to avoid registering the hw
handler before the workqueue has been initialised. Closes a race
that would potentially give an oops.

Signed-off-by: Bryn M. Reeves <breeves@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath-rdac.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath-rdac.c
index 16b1613..e04eb5c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath-rdac.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath-rdac.c
@@ -664,20 +664,21 @@ static struct hw_handler_type rdac_handler = {
 
 static int __init rdac_init(void)
 {
-	int r = dm_register_hw_handler(&rdac_handler);
-
-	if (r < 0) {
-		DMERR("%s: register failed %d", RDAC_DM_HWH_NAME, r);
-		return r;
-	}
+	int r;
 
 	rdac_wkqd = create_singlethread_workqueue("rdac_wkqd");
 	if (!rdac_wkqd) {
 		DMERR("Failed to create workqueue rdac_wkqd.");
-		dm_unregister_hw_handler(&rdac_handler);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
+	r = dm_register_hw_handler(&rdac_handler);
+	if (r < 0) {
+		DMERR("%s: register failed %d", RDAC_DM_HWH_NAME, r);
+		destroy_workqueue(rdac_wkqd);
+		return r;
+	}
+
 	DMINFO("%s: version %s loaded", RDAC_DM_HWH_NAME, RDAC_DM_HWH_VER);
 	return 0;
 }