Re: [Qemu-devel] Regression from 2.8: stuck in bdrv_drain()

[Peter Maydell]

On 13 April 2017 at 00:54, Fam Zheng <address@hidden> wrote:
> John and I confirmed that this can be fixed by this pending patch:
>
> [PATCH for-2.9 4/5] block: Drain BH in bdrv_drained_begin
>
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-04/msg01018.html
>
> It didn't make it into 2.9-rc4 because of limited time. :(
>
> Looks like there is no -rc5, we'll have to document this as a known issue.

Well, we *hope* there is no -rc5, but if the bug is genuinely
a "we can't release like this" bug we will obviously have to
do another rc. Basically you all as the block maintainers should
make the call about whether it's release-critical or not.

thanks
-- PMM