When a snapshot becomes invalid, s->valid is set to 0. In this state, a snapshot can no longer be accessed. When s->lock is acquired, before doing anything else, s->valid must be checked to ensure the snapshot remains valid. This patch eliminates some races (that may cause panics) by adding some missing checks. At the same time, some unnecessary levels of indentation are removed and snapshot invalidation is moved into a single function that always generates a device-mapper event.
committed in stream u4 build 34.9. A test kernel with this patch is available from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html