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The lifetime of sync_thread: 1) Set MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED and wake up daemon thread (by ioctl/sysfs or other events); 2) Daemon thread woke up, md_check_recovery() found that MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED is set: a) try to grab reconfig_mutex; b) set MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING; c) clear MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, and then queue sync_work; 3) md_start_sync() choose sync_action, then register sync_thread; 4) md_do_sync() is done, set MD_RECOVERY_DONE and wake up daemon thread; 5) Daemon thread woke up, md_check_recovery() found that MD_RECOVERY_DONE is set: a) try to grab reconfig_mutex; b) unregister sync_thread; c) clear MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING and MD_RECOVERY_DONE; Hence there is no such case that MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING is not set, while sync_thread is registered. Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231228125553.2697765-2-yukuai1@huaweicloud.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.