On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 12:23 -0700, James Bottomley wrote: > On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 18:49 +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > > index 7bfbcfa7af40..b3bb49d06943 100644 > > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c > > @@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_get); > > */ > > void scsi_device_put(struct scsi_device *sdev) > > { > > - module_put(sdev->host->hostt->module); > > + module_put(sdev->hostt->module); > > put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_device_put); > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c > > index 6f7128f49c30..7134487abbb1 100644 > > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c > > @@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ static struct scsi_device *scsi_alloc_sdev(struct > > scsi_target *starget, > > sdev->model = scsi_null_device_strs; > > sdev->rev = scsi_null_device_strs; > > sdev->host = shost; > > + sdev->hostt = shost->hostt; > > sdev->queue_ramp_up_period = SCSI_DEFAULT_RAMP_UP_PERIOD; > > sdev->id = starget->id; > > sdev->lun = lun; > > diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h > > index 6f22b39f1b0c..cda620ed5922 100644 > > --- a/include/scsi/scsi_device.h > > +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_device.h > > @@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ struct scsi_event { > > > > struct scsi_device { > > struct Scsi_Host *host; > > + struct scsi_host_template *hostt; > > struct request_queue *request_queue; > > > > The apparent assumption behind this patch is that sdev->host can be > freed but the sdev will still exist? That shouldn't be correct: the > rule for struct devices is that the child always holds the parent and > the host is parented (albeit not necessarily directly) to the sdev, so > it looks like something has gone wrong if the host had been freed > before the sdev. Hello James, scsi_remove_host() decreases the sdev reference count but does not wait until the sdev release work has finished. This is why the SCSI host can already have disappeared before the last scsi_device_put() call occurs. Bart.