03_scsi_timer_dispatch_race_fix.patch scsi_queue_insert() has four callers. Three callers call with timer disabled and one (the second invocation in scsi_dispatch_cmd()) calls with timer activated. scsi_queue_insert() used to always call scsi_delete_timer() and ignore the return value. This results in race with timer expiration. Remove scsi_delete_timer() call from scsi_queue_insert() and make the caller delete timer and check the return value. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> scsi.c | 10 ++++++---- scsi_lib.c | 8 +------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi.c =================================================================== --- scsi-reqfn-export.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi.c 2005-04-19 23:28:33.000000000 +0900 +++ scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi.c 2005-04-19 23:30:58.000000000 +0900 @@ -638,10 +638,12 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd * } spin_unlock_irqrestore(host->host_lock, flags); if (rtn) { - atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iodone_cnt); - scsi_queue_insert(cmd, - (rtn == SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY) ? - rtn : SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY); + if (scsi_delete_timer(cmd)) { + atomic_inc(&cmd->device->iodone_cnt); + scsi_queue_insert(cmd, + (rtn == SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY) ? + rtn : SCSI_MLQUEUE_HOST_BUSY); + } SCSI_LOG_MLQUEUE(3, printk("queuecommand : request rejected\n")); } Index: scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c =================================================================== --- scsi-reqfn-export.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2005-04-19 23:28:33.000000000 +0900 +++ scsi-reqfn-export/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c 2005-04-19 23:30:58.000000000 +0900 @@ -124,13 +124,7 @@ int scsi_queue_insert(struct scsi_cmnd * printk("Inserting command %p into mlqueue\n", cmd)); /* - * We are inserting the command into the ml queue. First, we - * cancel the timer, so it doesn't time out. - */ - scsi_delete_timer(cmd); - - /* - * Next, set the appropriate busy bit for the device/host. + * Set the appropriate busy bit for the device/host. * * If the host/device isn't busy, assume that something actually * completed, and that we should be able to queue a command now. - : 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