On Fri, 2017-05-12 at 15:15 +0200, Martin Wilck wrote:
> Modification of the access_state field in struct scsi_device
> in alua_rtpg() may race with alua_bus_detach(). Avoid
> the scsi_device struct to be freed while it's being processed
> in the alua code by taking a reference.

Hello Martin,

The approach of this patch seems weird to me. I don't think that it is a
good idea to let any ALUA work continue while alua_bus_detach() is in progress.
Have you considered to stop the ALUA work from inside alua_bus_detach() by
using cancel_work_sync()?

Bart.

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