Bug 718927
| Summary: | Lock ordering problem on re-load of direct maps | ||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | Ian Kent <ikent> | ||||
| Component: | autofs | Assignee: | Ian Kent <ikent> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | yanfu,wang <yanwang> | ||||
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 6.1 | CC: | ikent | ||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | autofs-5.0.5-34 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
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| : | 732332 (view as bug list) | Environment: | |||||
| Last Closed: | 2011-12-06 17:59:18 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||
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| Bug Depends On: | |||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 732332 | ||||||
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check patch autofs-5.0.5-fix-null-cache-deadlock.patch apply is sane and as per below comment from dev: The problem described by this bug is fairly obvious once the issue is recognised. The fix is not quite so obvious but is a small change and has been verified by the reporter upstream. Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1723.html |
Created attachment 511265 [details] Patch - fix null cache deadlock Description of problem: When reloading maps that include a combination of direct and indirect maps it is possible for automount to deadlock due to incorrect lock ordering. How reproducible: Occasionally. Steps to Reproduce: Reported upstream. I'm not able to reproduce the problem at the moment.