Use mod_timer instead of add_timer in lpfc_els_timeout_handler This patch was formerly posted by Mark Haverkamp. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=114246089015681&w=2 Signed-off-by: Mark Haverkamp <markh@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Smart <James.Smart@xxxxxxxxxx> diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c 2006-07-05 14:49:02.000000000 -0400 +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c 2006-07-06 12:14:54.000000000 -0400 @@ -3282,10 +3282,9 @@ lpfc_els_timeout_handler(struct lpfc_hba } else lpfc_sli_release_iocbq(phba, piocb); } - if (phba->sli.ring[LPFC_ELS_RING].txcmplq_cnt) { - phba->els_tmofunc.expires = jiffies + HZ * timeout; - add_timer(&phba->els_tmofunc); - } + if (phba->sli.ring[LPFC_ELS_RING].txcmplq_cnt) + mod_timer(&phba->els_tmofunc, jiffies + HZ * timeout); + spin_unlock_irq(phba->host->host_lock); } - : 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