SCSI devices may only be removed by calling scsi_remove_device(). That function must invoke blk_cleanup_queue() before the final put of sdev->sdev_gendev. Since blk_cleanup_queue() waits for the block queue to drain and then tears it down, scsi_request_fn cannot be active anymore after blk_cleanup_queue() has returned and hence the get_device()/put_device() pair in scsi_request_fn is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Acked-by: Tejun Heo Reviewed-by: Mike Christie --- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 14 +++----------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index 48ca1df..568ac24 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -1553,16 +1553,14 @@ static void scsi_softirq_done(struct request *rq) * Lock status: IO request lock assumed to be held when called. */ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q) + __releases(q->queue_lock) + __acquires(q->queue_lock) { struct scsi_device *sdev = q->queuedata; struct Scsi_Host *shost; struct scsi_cmnd *cmd; struct request *req; - if(!get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev)) - /* We must be tearing the block queue down already */ - return; - /* * To start with, we keep looping until the queue is empty, or until * the host is no longer able to accept any more requests. @@ -1651,7 +1649,7 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q) goto out_delay; } - goto out; + return; not_ready: spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock); @@ -1670,12 +1668,6 @@ static void scsi_request_fn(struct request_queue *q) out_delay: if (sdev->device_busy == 0) blk_delay_queue(q, SCSI_QUEUE_DELAY); -out: - /* must be careful here...if we trigger the ->remove() function - * we cannot be holding the q lock */ - spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock); - put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); - spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock); } u64 scsi_calculate_bounce_limit(struct Scsi_Host *shost) -- 1.7.10.4