Hi Christoph,
IMHO, scan_mutex maybe still needed for other part of scsi_remove_device().
For example, device_del() in sd_remove() and scsi_sysfs_add_devices() in
scsi_finish_async_scan() should not run in parallel?
On the other hand, other parts of sd_remove(), including sd_shutdown(),
does not touch shared resource. So it is safe to run these sections without
holding scan_mutex.
Another (and maybe better) solution is to move mutex_lock/unlock() of
scan_mutex to each _remove function. So we only hold the lock when accessing
scsi_host related data.
Thanks,
Song
> On Feb 9, 2017, at 12:51 AM, Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de> wrote:
>
> And what is the lock protecting if we can just release and reacquire it
> safely? Probably nothing, but someone needs to do the audit carefully.
>
> Once that is done we can just apply a patch like the one below and
> be done with it:
>
> ---
> From 47572d7f0758cc0cbd979b1a2c3791f3b94c566e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 09:49:04 +0100
> Subject: scsi: remove scan_mutex
>
> All our lookup structures are properly locked these days, there shouldn't
> be any need to serialize the high-level scan process.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <h...@lst.de>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 15 ---------------
> 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> index 6f7128f49c30..c92be1ad486c 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> @@ -1490,7 +1490,6 @@ struct scsi_device *__scsi_add_device(struct Scsi_Host
> *shost, uint channel,
> return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> scsi_autopm_get_target(starget);
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> if (!shost->async_scan)
> scsi_complete_async_scans();
>
> @@ -1498,7 +1497,6 @@ struct scsi_device *__scsi_add_device(struct Scsi_Host
> *shost, uint channel,
> scsi_probe_and_add_lun(starget, lun, NULL, &sdev, 1, hostdata);
> scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
> }
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> scsi_autopm_put_target(starget);
> /*
> * paired with scsi_alloc_target(). Target will be destroyed unless
> @@ -1629,7 +1627,6 @@ void scsi_scan_target(struct device *parent, unsigned
> int channel,
> strncmp(scsi_scan_type, "manual", 6) == 0)
> return;
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> if (!shost->async_scan)
> scsi_complete_async_scans();
>
> @@ -1637,7 +1634,6 @@ void scsi_scan_target(struct device *parent, unsigned
> int channel,
> __scsi_scan_target(parent, channel, id, lun, rescan);
> scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
> }
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_scan_target);
>
> @@ -1686,7 +1682,6 @@ int scsi_scan_host_selected(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
> unsigned int channel,
> ((lun != SCAN_WILD_CARD) && (lun >= shost->max_lun)))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> if (!shost->async_scan)
> scsi_complete_async_scans();
>
> @@ -1700,7 +1695,6 @@ int scsi_scan_host_selected(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
> unsigned int channel,
> scsi_scan_channel(shost, channel, id, lun, rescan);
> scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
> }
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -1752,11 +1746,9 @@ static struct async_scan_data
> *scsi_prep_async_scan(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
> goto err;
> init_completion(&data->prev_finished);
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
> shost->async_scan = 1;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
>
> spin_lock(&async_scan_lock);
> if (list_empty(&scanning_hosts))
> @@ -1789,12 +1781,9 @@ static void scsi_finish_async_scan(struct
> async_scan_data *data)
>
> shost = data->shost;
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> -
> if (!shost->async_scan) {
> shost_printk(KERN_INFO, shost, "%s called twice\n", __func__);
> dump_stack();
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> return;
> }
>
> @@ -1806,8 +1795,6 @@ static void scsi_finish_async_scan(struct
> async_scan_data *data)
> shost->async_scan = 0;
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
>
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> -
> spin_lock(&async_scan_lock);
> list_del(&data->list);
> if (!list_empty(&scanning_hosts)) {
> @@ -1915,7 +1902,6 @@ struct scsi_device *scsi_get_host_dev(struct Scsi_Host
> *shost)
> struct scsi_device *sdev = NULL;
> struct scsi_target *starget;
>
> - mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> if (!scsi_host_scan_allowed(shost))
> goto out;
> starget = scsi_alloc_target(&shost->shost_gendev, 0, shost->this_id);
> @@ -1929,7 +1915,6 @@ struct scsi_device *scsi_get_host_dev(struct Scsi_Host
> *shost)
> scsi_target_reap(starget);
> put_device(&starget->dev);
> out:
> - mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> return sdev;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_get_host_dev);
> --
> 2.11.0
>
