Hi Andrew! Unfortunately I see that scan-work patch is not included in 2.6.16 and the usual lock appears: #001: [ffff8100708a8080] {scsi_host_alloc} .. held by: scsi_wq_4: 3912 [ffff810071edf870, 110] ... acquired at: scsi_scan_target+0x51/0x87 [scsi_mod] Applying the patch you sent solves the problem, i.e. disks appear again after 22 sec timeout (why?). Thanks, Maxim. Tuesday, March 14, 2006, 2:19:03 AM, you wrote: AV> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c AV> b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c AV> index 929032e..3d09920 100644 AV> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c AV> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c AV> @@ -1649,6 +1649,8 @@ fc_remote_port_delete(struct fc_rport * AV> return; AV> } AV> AV> + /* flush any scan work */ /* which can sleep */ AV> + scsi_flush_work(rport_to_shost(rport)); AV> scsi_target_block(&rport->dev); AV> AV> /* cap the length the devices can be blocked until they are deleted */ - : 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