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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] cciss: Fix SCSI device reset handler
On Fri, May 29 2009, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:07 -0500
> scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net wrote:
>
> > +static int wait_for_device_to_become_ready(ctlr_info_t *h,
> > + unsigned char lunaddr[])
> > +{
> > + int rc;
> > + int count = 0;
> > + int waittime = HZ;
> > + CommandList_struct *c;
> > +
> > + c = cmd_alloc(h, 1);
> > + if (!c) {
> > + printk(KERN_WARNING "cciss%d: out of memory in "
> > + "wait_for_device_to_become_ready.\n", h->ctlr);
> > + return IO_ERROR;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /* Send test unit ready until device ready, or give up. */
> > + while (count < 20) {
> > +
> > + /* Wait for a bit. do this first, because if we send
> > + * the TUR right away, the reset will just abort it.
> > + */
> > + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> > + schedule_timeout(waittime);
>
> That's schedule_timeout_interruptible().
>
> The problem with interruptible sleeps of this nature is that they are
> no-ops if the calling process happens to have signal_pending(). I
> suspect that this condition will break your driver.
>
> If so, switching to schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() will unbreak it.

I added Stephens patch and your fixup.

--
Jens Axboe



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