[Stgt-devel] [PATCH] Proof of Concept -> Separate thread init/tear-down from backing store open/close.

[Richard Sharpe]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Mark Harvey <markh794 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Patch also included as an attachment - just in case.
>
>> From 715e434fff633ff8f346d181aeae3f27c9564553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>
> From: Mark Harvey <markh794 at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:27:28 +1000
> Subject: Separate thread init/tear-down from backing store open/close.
>
> Fix segfault when lu created without a backing store.
> - Devices defined as 'removable' are able to be configured without a backing
>  store defined.
> - thread init via bs_init() which is called for all logical units
> - thread tear-down via bs_exit() which is called for all logical units.
> - bs_open() limited to opening backing store path (called when required).
> - bs_close() limited to closing backing store fd (called when required).

Well, it's certainly a larger patch than the one I provided, but it
does also seem to fix the problem I forgot about (threads laying
around after a tape is moved out of the virtual drive).

I will try to apply the two patches and see what happens ...