md: don't start resync thread directly from md thread.
The main 'md' thread is needed for processing writes, so if it blocks write requests could be delayed. Starting a new thread requires some GFP_KERNEL allocations and so can wait for writes to complete. This can deadlock. So instead, ask a workqueue to start the sync thread. There is no particular rush for this to happen, so any work queue will do. MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING is used to ensure only one thread is started. Reported-by: BillStuff <billstuff2001@sbcglobal.net> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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