This was introduced back in 2005 at the very start of the git era by: df0ae2497ddefd72a87f3a3b34ff32455d7d4ae0 [SCSI] allow sleeping in ->eh_host_reset_handler() Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> --- Also this driver was written before some of our youngest kernel hackers were born. Neat. :) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/wd7000.c b/drivers/scsi/wd7000.c index 2f6e9d8..bdfe59d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/wd7000.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/wd7000.c @@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ static int wd7000_host_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt) { Adapter *host = (Adapter *) SCpnt->device->host->hostdata; - spin_unlock_irq(SCpnt->device->host->host_lock); + spin_lock_irq(SCpnt->device->host->host_lock); if (wd7000_adapter_reset(host) < 0) { spin_unlock_irq(SCpnt->device->host->host_lock); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html