We had a problem with the multipath target which seems to be a locking problem. The following patch fixed the problem for us by replacing the spin_lock calls by the _irqsave/_irqrestore counterparts. Alasdair, is that fix acceptable? If yes, could you please include it into the kernel source? Regards, Stefan Bader SW Linux on zSeries Development & Services Stefan Bader de ibm com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When all other means of communication fail, try words.
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