r317: Update status of deadlock issue

diff --git a/README b/README
index 70018edb8c7eafd4737b9dfc185f0e73108798b5..59588731218be7bf2664955b1a244db1acd04c16 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -124,3 +124,7 @@ more than one block device at the same time.
 If, while your kblockd is emptying the NBD buffer cache, the kernel
 decides that the cache of the block device your nbd-server is writing to
 needs to be emptied, then you've got a deadlock.
+
+A kernel patch exists[2] to create a separate kernel thread for NBD
+writes which woul fix this problem; however, it has not made it into
+mainline yet.