In bch_cached_dev_attach() after bch_cached_dev_writeback_start()
called, the wrireback kthread and writeback rate update kworker of the
cached device are created, if the following bch_cached_dev_run()
failed, bch_cached_dev_attach() will return with -ENOMEM without
stopping the writeback related kthread and kworker.
This patch stops writeback kthread and writeback rate update kworker
before returning -ENOMEM if bch_cached_dev_run() returns error.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
ret = bch_cached_dev_run(dc);
if (ret && (ret != -EBUSY)) {
up_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
+ /*
+ * bch_register_lock is held, bcache_device_stop() is not
+ * able to be directly called. The kthread and kworker
+ * created previously in bch_cached_dev_writeback_start()
+ * have to be stopped manually here.
+ */
+ kthread_stop(dc->writeback_thread);
+ cancel_writeback_rate_update_dwork(dc);
pr_err("Couldn't run cached device %s",
dc->backing_dev_name);
return ret;