Typically under error conditions, it is possible for aac_command_thread()
to miss the wakeup from kthread_stop() and go back to sleep, causing it
to hang aac_shutdown.

In the observed scenario, the adapter is not functioning correctly and so
aac_fib_send() never completes (or time-outs depending on how it was
called). Shortly after aac_command_thread() starts it performs
aac_fib_send(SendHostTime) which hangs. When aac_probe_one
/aac_get_adapter_info send time outs, kthread_stop is called which breaks
the command thread out of it's hang.

The code will still go back to sleep in schedule_timeout() without
checking kthread_should_stop() so it causes aac_probe_one to hang until
the schedule_timeout() which is 30 minutes.

Fixed by: Adding another kthread_should_stop() before schedule_timeout()
Cc: [email protected]

Signed-off-by: Raghava Aditya Renukunta <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
index 725aa78..bb7988d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c
@@ -1996,6 +1996,10 @@ int aac_command_thread(void *data)
                if (difference <= 0)
                        difference = 1;
                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+               if (kthread_should_stop())
+                       break;
+
                schedule_timeout(difference);
 
                if (kthread_should_stop())

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