linux-kernel - [PATCH] qla2xxx: Fix possible race that could hang kthread

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:59:22 -0500
From:	Bandan Das <bandan.das@...atus.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Cc:	andrew.vasquez@...gic.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] qla2xxx: Fix possible race that could hang kthread_stop()

There is a small race window in qla2x00_do_dpc() between
checking for kthread_should_stop() and going to sleep after
setting TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE. If qla2x00_free_device() is called
in this window, kthread_stop will wait forever because there 
will be no one to wake up the process.


Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bandan.das@...atus.com>
Signed-off-by: Nate Dailey <nate.dailey@...atus.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index c194c23..8d14d77 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -3286,6 +3286,8 @@ qla2x00_do_dpc(void *data)
 		DEBUG3(printk("qla2x00: DPC handler sleeping\n"));
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
 		schedule();
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
-- 
1.7.2.3
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