linux-kernel - [34-longterm 032/247] libsas: fix runaway error handler problem

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Date:	Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:17:55 -0400
From:	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Subject: [34-longterm 032/247] libsas: fix runaway error handler problem

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

                   -------------------
    This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
    If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
                   -------------------

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: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index 53849f2..e808468 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ void sas_scsi_recover_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 
 	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__);
-- 
1.7.4.4

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