Hello, James. This patch makes scsi_send_eh_cmnd() use sdev and shost instead of referencing them through scmd-> everytime. Following timer cleanup patchset assumes this patch is applied. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> Index: scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c =================================================================== --- scsi-reqfn-export.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c 2005-04-10 15:20:09.000000000 +0900 +++ scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c 2005-04-10 15:25:21.000000000 +0900 @@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ static void scsi_eh_done(struct scsi_cmn **/ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, int timeout) { - struct Scsi_Host *host = scmd->device->host; + struct scsi_device *sdev = scmd->device; + struct Scsi_Host *shost = sdev->host; DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED(sem); unsigned long flags; int rtn = SUCCESS; @@ -496,27 +497,27 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi */ scmd->owner = SCSI_OWNER_LOWLEVEL; - if (scmd->device->scsi_level <= SCSI_2) + if (sdev->scsi_level <= SCSI_2) scmd->cmnd[1] = (scmd->cmnd[1] & 0x1f) | - (scmd->device->lun << 5 & 0xe0); + (sdev->lun << 5 & 0xe0); scsi_add_timer(scmd, timeout, scsi_eh_times_out); /* * set up the semaphore so we wait for the command to complete. */ - scmd->device->host->eh_action = &sem; + shost->eh_action = &sem; scmd->request->rq_status = RQ_SCSI_BUSY; - spin_lock_irqsave(scmd->device->host->host_lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags); scsi_log_send(scmd); - host->hostt->queuecommand(scmd, scsi_eh_done); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(scmd->device->host->host_lock, flags); + shost->hostt->queuecommand(scmd, scsi_eh_done); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); down(&sem); scsi_log_completion(scmd, SUCCESS); - scmd->device->host->eh_action = NULL; + shost->eh_action = NULL; /* * see if timeout. if so, tell the host to forget about it. @@ -536,10 +537,10 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi * abort a timed out command or not. not sure how * we should treat them differently anyways. */ - spin_lock_irqsave(scmd->device->host->host_lock, flags); - if (scmd->device->host->hostt->eh_abort_handler) - scmd->device->host->hostt->eh_abort_handler(scmd); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(scmd->device->host->host_lock, flags); + spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags); + if (shost->hostt->eh_abort_handler) + shost->hostt->eh_abort_handler(scmd); + spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); scmd->request->rq_status = RQ_SCSI_DONE; scmd->owner = SCSI_OWNER_ERROR_HANDLER; - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html