From: Stefan Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[S390] cio: css_register_subchannel race.

Asynchronous probe can release memory of a subchannel before
css_get_ssd_info is called. To fix this call css_get_ssd_info
before registering with driver core.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 drivers/s390/cio/css.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -urpN linux-2.6/drivers/s390/cio/css.c 
linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/cio/css.c
--- linux-2.6/drivers/s390/cio/css.c    2006-12-15 16:54:55.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6-patched/drivers/s390/cio/css.c    2006-12-15 16:55:14.000000000 
+0100
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ css_register_subchannel(struct subchanne
        sch->dev.release = &css_subchannel_release;
        sch->dev.groups = subch_attr_groups;
 
+       css_get_ssd_info(sch);
+
        /* make it known to the system */
        ret = css_sch_device_register(sch);
        if (ret) {
@@ -146,7 +148,6 @@ css_register_subchannel(struct subchanne
                        __func__, sch->dev.bus_id);
                return ret;
        }
-       css_get_ssd_info(sch);
        return ret;
 }
 
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