The command thread checks the ctrl health periodically before sending updates to the controller. The function that it uses is aac_check_health which does more than get the health status. Signed-off-by: Raghava Aditya Renukunta <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c index 3299012..f26543a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/commsup.c @@ -2476,7 +2476,7 @@ int aac_command_thread(void *data) if ((time_before(next_check_jiffies,next_jiffies)) && ((difference = next_check_jiffies - jiffies) <= 0)) { next_check_jiffies = next_jiffies; - if (aac_check_health(dev) == 0) { + if (aac_adapter_check_health(dev) == 0) { difference = ((long)(unsigned)check_interval) * HZ; next_check_jiffies = jiffies + difference; @@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@ int aac_command_thread(void *data) int ret; /* Don't even try to talk to adapter if its sick */ - ret = aac_check_health(dev); + ret = aac_adapter_check_health(dev); if (ret || !dev->queues) break; next_check_jiffies = jiffies -- 2.7.4