linux-kernel - [PATCH] [38/275] libsas: fix runaway error handler problem

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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:04:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	James.Bottomley@...e.de, gregkh@...e.de, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	tim.bird@...sony.com
Subject: [PATCH] [38/275] libsas: fix runaway error handler problem

2.6.35-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------
From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>

commit 9ee91f7fb550a4c82f82d9818e42493484c754af upstream.

libsas makes use of scsi_schedule_eh() but forgets to clear the
host_eh_scheduled flag in its error handling routine.  Because of this,
the error handler thread never gets to sleep; it's constantly awake and
trying to run the error routine leading to console spew and inability to
run anything else (at least on a UP system).  The fix is to clear the
flag as we splice the work queue.

Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

---
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c	2011-03-29 22:51:53.815346169 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c	2011-03-29 23:02:58.973326440 -0700
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
 	list_splice_init(&shost->eh_cmd_q, &eh_work_q);
+	shost->host_eh_scheduled = 0;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 
 	SAS_DPRINTK("Enter %s\n", __func__);
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