activate_path() is run without a lock, so the path might be set to failed before activate_path() had a chance to run. This patch add a check for ->active in activate_path() to avoid unnecessary overhead by calling functions which are known to be failing. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-mpath.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c index eaf4855..e750095 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -1197,8 +1197,11 @@ static void activate_path(struct work_struct *work) struct pgpath *pgpath = container_of(work, struct pgpath, activate_path.work); - scsi_dh_activate(bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev), - pg_init_done, pgpath); + if (pgpath->is_active) + scsi_dh_activate(bdev_get_queue(pgpath->path.dev->bdev), + pg_init_done, pgpath); + else + pg_init_done(pgpath, SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED); } static int noretry_error(int error) -- 1.7.12.4 -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel