On 09/29/2016 01:45 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote: > The code at the end of alua_rtpg_work() is as follows: > > scsi_device_put(sdev); > kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group); > > Make sure that all code that queues the work item associated > with alua_rtpg_work() holds both references. > > Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 1 + > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > index 752b5c9..f7099e2 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > @@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg, > /* Do not queue if the worker is already running */ > if (!(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUNNING)) { > kref_get(&pg->kref); > + scsi_device_get(sdev); > start_queue = 1; > } > } > Nack. The scsi device reference tracks ->rtpg_sdev, not the queue item. So we only need to take the scsi device reference if we're assigning a new value to ->rtpg_sdev, which we are not. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: J. Hawn, J. Guild, F. Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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