On 10/28/2016 01:21 AM, tang.junhui@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: "tang.junhui" <tang.junhui@xxxxxxxxxx> > > scsi_device_put() is called when the conditions pg->rtpg_sdev!=NULL > and queue_delayed_work() failure satisfied, actually it should be not > to call because scsi_device_get() is not called previous in this scene. > > Signed-off-by: tang.junhui <tang.junhui@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > index 241829e..78081df 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > @@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg, > struct alua_queue_data *qdata, bool force) > { > int start_queue = 0; > + int sdev_geted = 0; > unsigned long flags; > struct workqueue_struct *alua_wq = kaluad_wq; > > @@ -884,6 +885,7 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg, > kref_get(&pg->kref); > pg->rtpg_sdev = sdev; > scsi_device_get(sdev); > + sdev_geted = 1; > start_queue = 1; > } else if (!(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG) && force) { > pg->flags |= ALUA_PG_RUN_RTPG; > @@ -901,7 +903,8 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg, > if (start_queue && > !queue_delayed_work(alua_wq, &pg->rtpg_work, > msecs_to_jiffies(ALUA_RTPG_DELAY_MSECS))) { > - scsi_device_put(sdev); > + if (sdev_geted) > + scsi_device_put(sdev); > kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group); > } > } Hello Tang Junhui, Personally I prefer the patch below because that patch does not introduce a new variable. This is a patch I started testing four weeks ago and it has survived all my ALUA tests so far. Please note that I do not know whether my tests hit the !(pg->flags & ALUA_PG_RUNNING) code path. From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:06:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] scsi_dh_alua: Fix a reference counting bug Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c index 241829e..23835f7 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c @@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ 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); + sdev = NULL; start_queue = 1; } } @@ -901,7 +902,8 @@ static void alua_rtpg_queue(struct alua_port_group *pg, if (start_queue && !queue_delayed_work(alua_wq, &pg->rtpg_work, msecs_to_jiffies(ALUA_RTPG_DELAY_MSECS))) { - scsi_device_put(sdev); + if (sdev) + scsi_device_put(sdev); kref_put(&pg->kref, release_port_group); } } -- 2.10.1 -- 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