linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] usb-storage: wait for device scanning before mounting root

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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:53:01 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Pekka J Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
CC:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dsd@...too.org,
	mdharm-usb@...-eyed-alien.net, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	vegardno@....uio.no, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] usb-storage: wait for device scanning before mounting
 root

(Adding Cc: Matthew Wilcox)

Pekka J Enberg wrote:
> Add a new kernel config option CONFIG_LATE_ROOT_MOUNT that makes the kernel
> wait until background scanning of USB mass storage devices is complete before
> attempting to mount the root filesystem.
> 
> The config option is an alternative to the root_delay= kernel parameter
> solution people currently use to boot from USB mass storage devices.
[...]
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c  |    2 ++
>  drivers/usb/storage/usb.c |    3 +++
>  include/linux/init.h      |   12 ++++++++++++
>  init/Kconfig              |    5 +++++
>  init/do_mounts.c          |   32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c
> @@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ static int usb_stor_scan_thread(void * _
>  		/* Should we unbind if no devices were detected? */
>  	}
>  
> +	complete_root_scan();
>  	complete_and_exit(&us->scanning_done, 0);
>  }
>  
> @@ -1007,12 +1008,14 @@ static int storage_probe(struct usb_inte
>  		goto BadDevice;
>  	}
>  
> +	begin_root_scan();
>  	/* Start up the thread for delayed SCSI-device scanning */
>  	th = kthread_create(usb_stor_scan_thread, us, "usb-stor-scan");
>  	if (IS_ERR(th)) {
>  		printk(KERN_WARNING USB_STORAGE 
>  		       "Unable to start the device-scanning thread\n");
>  		quiesce_and_remove_host(us);
> +		complete_root_scan();
>  		result = PTR_ERR(th);
>  		goto BadDevice;
>  	}
[...]
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> @@ -1802,6 +1802,7 @@ static int do_scan_async(void *_data)
>  	struct async_scan_data *data = _data;
>  	do_scsi_scan_host(data->shost);
>  	scsi_finish_async_scan(data);
> +	complete_root_scan();
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1823,6 +1824,7 @@ void scsi_scan_host(struct Scsi_Host *sh
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	begin_root_scan();
>  	p = kthread_run(do_scan_async, data, "scsi_scan_%d", shost->host_no);
>  	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(p)))
>  		do_scan_async(data);

Looks like you want complete_root_scan() after IS_ERR(p).  Are there any 
other thread exit paths which don't call complete_root_scan() yet?

Besides, can't you use the generic async scan facility of the SCSI stack 
for your purpose?  If not, can it be extended to make it usable?
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--- -=-- ==--=
http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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