switch eh_sem to a completion. due to wait_for_completion_timeout this also nicely simplifies the code. Unfortunately it's untested, so if someone with the hardware could give it a try that would be nice. Once it works the same thing can be applied to aic79xx. Index: scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c 2006-01-13 17:55:57.000000000 +0100 +++ scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c 2006-01-31 17:28:31.000000000 +0100 @@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ struct scb *); static void ahc_linux_queue_cmd_complete(struct ahc_softc *ahc, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd); -static void ahc_linux_sem_timeout(u_long arg); static void ahc_linux_freeze_simq(struct ahc_softc *ahc); static void ahc_linux_release_simq(struct ahc_softc *ahc); static int ahc_linux_queue_recovery_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, scb_flag flag); @@ -1193,7 +1192,7 @@ memset(ahc->platform_data, 0, sizeof(struct ahc_platform_data)); ahc->platform_data->irq = AHC_LINUX_NOIRQ; ahc_lockinit(ahc); - init_MUTEX_LOCKED(&ahc->platform_data->eh_sem); + init_completion(&ahc->platform_data->eh_done); ahc->seltime = (aic7xxx_seltime & 0x3) << 4; ahc->seltime_b = (aic7xxx_seltime & 0x3) << 4; if (aic7xxx_pci_parity == 0) @@ -1832,7 +1831,7 @@ ahc_set_transaction_status(scb, CAM_CMD_TIMEOUT); if ((ahc->platform_data->flags & AHC_UP_EH_SEMAPHORE) != 0) { ahc->platform_data->flags &= ~AHC_UP_EH_SEMAPHORE; - up(&ahc->platform_data->eh_sem); + complete(&ahc->platform_data->eh_done); } } @@ -2040,22 +2039,6 @@ } static void -ahc_linux_sem_timeout(u_long arg) -{ - struct ahc_softc *ahc; - u_long s; - - ahc = (struct ahc_softc *)arg; - - ahc_lock(ahc, &s); - if ((ahc->platform_data->flags & AHC_UP_EH_SEMAPHORE) != 0) { - ahc->platform_data->flags &= ~AHC_UP_EH_SEMAPHORE; - up(&ahc->platform_data->eh_sem); - } - ahc_unlock(ahc, &s); -} - -static void ahc_linux_freeze_simq(struct ahc_softc *ahc) { unsigned long s; @@ -2355,25 +2338,16 @@ if (paused) ahc_unpause(ahc); if (wait) { - struct timer_list timer; - int ret; - ahc->platform_data->flags |= AHC_UP_EH_SEMAPHORE; ahc_unlock(ahc, &flags); - init_timer(&timer); - timer.data = (u_long)ahc; - timer.expires = jiffies + (5 * HZ); - timer.function = ahc_linux_sem_timeout; - add_timer(&timer); printf("Recovery code sleeping\n"); - down(&ahc->platform_data->eh_sem); - printf("Recovery code awake\n"); - ret = del_timer_sync(&timer); - if (ret == 0) { + if (!wait_for_completion_timeout( + &ahc->platform_data->eh_done, 5 * HZ)) { printf("Timer Expired\n"); retval = FAILED; } + printf("Recovery code awake\n"); } else ahc_unlock(ahc, &flags); return (retval); Index: scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.h =================================================================== --- scsi-misc-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.h 2006-01-13 17:55:57.000000000 +0100 +++ scsi-misc-2.6/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.h 2006-01-31 17:28:42.000000000 +0100 @@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ spinlock_t spin_lock; u_int qfrozen; - struct semaphore eh_sem; + struct completion eh_done; struct Scsi_Host *host; /* pointer to scsi host */ #define AHC_LINUX_NOIRQ ((uint32_t)~0) uint32_t irq; /* IRQ for this adapter */ - : 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