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diff --git a/module/zfs/spa.c b/module/zfs/spa.c
index 34a317fbe..01048bfe9 100644
--- a/module/zfs/spa.c
+++ b/module/zfs/spa.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
* Copyright (c) 2013 by Delphix. All rights reserved.
* Copyright (c) 2013, 2014, Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* Copyright (c) 2014 Spectra Logic Corporation, All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Actifio, Inc. All rights reserved.
*/
/*
@@ -1136,6 +1137,24 @@ spa_activate(spa_t *spa, int mode)
avl_create(&spa->spa_errlist_last,
spa_error_entry_compare, sizeof (spa_error_entry_t),
offsetof(spa_error_entry_t, se_avl));
+
+ /*
+ * This taskq is used to perform zvol-minor-related tasks
+ * asynchronously. This has several advantages, including easy
+ * resolution of various deadlocks (zfsonlinux bug #3681).
+ *
+ * The taskq must be single threaded to ensure tasks are always
+ * processed in the order in which they were dispatched.
+ *
+ * A taskq per pool allows one to keep the pools independent.
+ * This way if one pool is suspended, it will not impact another.
+ *
+ * The preferred location to dispatch a zvol minor task is a sync
+ * task. In this context, there is easy access to the spa_t and minimal
+ * error handling is required because the sync task must succeed.
+ */
+ spa->spa_zvol_taskq = taskq_create("z_zvol", 1, defclsyspri,
+ 1, INT_MAX, 0);
}
/*
@@ -1154,6 +1173,11 @@ spa_deactivate(spa_t *spa)
spa_evicting_os_wait(spa);
+ if (spa->spa_zvol_taskq) {
+ taskq_destroy(spa->spa_zvol_taskq);
+ spa->spa_zvol_taskq = NULL;
+ }
+
txg_list_destroy(&spa->spa_vdev_txg_list);
list_destroy(&spa->spa_config_dirty_list);
@@ -3088,10 +3112,8 @@ spa_open_common(const char *pool, spa_t **spapp, void *tag, nvlist_t *nvpolicy,
mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
}
-#ifdef _KERNEL
if (firstopen)
- zvol_create_minors(spa->spa_name);
-#endif
+ zvol_create_minors(spa, spa_name(spa), B_TRUE);
*spapp = spa;
@@ -4211,10 +4233,7 @@ spa_import(char *pool, nvlist_t *config, nvlist_t *props, uint64_t flags)
mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
spa_history_log_version(spa, "import");
-
-#ifdef _KERNEL
- zvol_create_minors(pool);
-#endif
+ zvol_create_minors(spa, pool, B_TRUE);
return (0);
}
@@ -4349,6 +4368,10 @@ spa_export_common(char *pool, int new_state, nvlist_t **oldconfig,
spa_open_ref(spa, FTAG);
mutex_exit(&spa_namespace_lock);
spa_async_suspend(spa);
+ if (spa->spa_zvol_taskq) {
+ zvol_remove_minors(spa, spa_name(spa), B_TRUE);
+ taskq_wait(spa->spa_zvol_taskq);
+ }
mutex_enter(&spa_namespace_lock);
spa_close(spa, FTAG);