From: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@xxxxxxxxxx> A DASD device that is not ready or online has no defined disk layout, so all requests that arrive in such a state need to be returned as failed. Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/s390/block/dasd.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: quilt-2.6/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c =================================================================== --- quilt-2.6.orig/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c +++ quilt-2.6/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c @@ -1699,8 +1699,11 @@ static void __dasd_process_request_queue * for that. State DASD_STATE_ONLINE is normal block device * operation. */ - if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY) + if (basedev->state < DASD_STATE_READY) { + while ((req = blk_fetch_request(block->request_queue))) + __blk_end_request_all(req, -EIO); return; + } /* Now we try to fetch requests from the request queue */ while (!blk_queue_plugged(queue) && (req = blk_peek_request(queue))) { if (basedev->features & DASD_FEATURE_READONLY && -- blue skies, Martin. "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-s390" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html