> On Feb 8, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Fixed bug from previous version.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/sd.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index 9e0783b..14c5815 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -3304,6 +3304,9 @@ 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;
> + struct Scsi_Host *shost;
> + int try_lock_scan_mutex;
>
> if (!sdkp)
> return; /* this can happen */
> @@ -3311,15 +3314,26 @@ static void sd_shutdown(struct device *dev)
> if (pm_runtime_suspended(dev))
> return;
>
> + sdev = sdkp->device;
> + shost = sdev->host;
> + try_lock_scan_mutex = mutex_trylock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> +
> 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);
> }
> +
> + if (try_lock_scan_mutex)
> + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
> }
>
> static int sd_suspend_common(struct device *dev, bool ignore_stop_errors)
> --
> 2.9.3
>
Forgot to CC Christoph
