When a device is deleted through sysfs handle "delete", the code locks shost->scan_mutex. If multiple devices are deleted at the same time, these deletes will be handled in series. On the other hand, sd_shutdown() sometimes issues long latency commands: sync cache and start_stop. It is not necessary for these commands to run in series. To reduce latency of parallel "delete" requests, this patch unlock shost->scan_mutex before long latency commands and relock the mutex after the command. Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c index 2ea3568..39aa209 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -3241,6 +3241,8 @@ static int sd_start_stop_device(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, int start) static void sd_shutdown(struct device *dev) { struct scsi_disk *sdkp = dev_get_drvdata(dev); + struct scsi_device *sdev = sdkp->device; + struct Scsi_Host *shost = sdev->host; if (!sdkp) return; /* this can happen */ @@ -3249,13 +3251,17 @@ static void sd_shutdown(struct device *dev) return; if (sdkp->WCE && sdkp->media_present) { + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex); sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Synchronizing SCSI cache\n"); sd_sync_cache(sdkp); + mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex); } if (system_state != SYSTEM_RESTART && sdkp->device->manage_start_stop) { + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex); sd_printk(KERN_NOTICE, sdkp, "Stopping disk\n"); sd_start_stop_device(sdkp, 0); + mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex); } } -- 2.9.3