On 09/29/2016 01:45 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> The code at the end of alua_rtpg_work() is as follows:
>
> scsi_device_put(sdev);
> kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group);
>
> Make sure that all code that queues the work item associated
> with alua_rtpg_work() holds both references.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanass...@sandisk.com>
> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.com>
> Cc: <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
> b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
> index 752b5c9..f7099e2 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
> @@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg,
> /* Do not queue if the worker is already running */
> if (!(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUNNING)) {
> kref_get(&pg->kref);
> + scsi_device_get(sdev);
> start_queue = 1;
> }
> }
>
Nack.
The scsi device reference tracks ->rtpg_sdev, not the queue item.
So we only need to take the scsi device reference if we're assigning a
new value to ->rtpg_sdev, which we are not.
Cheers,
Hannes
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