From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> fc_rport_create() needs to be called with disc_mutex held. And we should re-assign the 'rdata' pointer in case it got changed. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Saurav Kashyap <skashyap@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_els.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_els.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_els.c index ac2bfc2..aad1f7c 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_els.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_els.c @@ -380,10 +380,16 @@ void qedf_restart_rport(struct qedf_rport *fcport) QEDF_ERR(&(fcport->qedf->dbg_ctx), "LOGO port_id=%x.\n", port_id); fc_rport_logoff(rdata); + mutex_lock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); /* Recreate the rport and log back in */ rdata = fc_rport_create(lport, port_id); - if (rdata) + if (rdata) { + mutex_unlock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); fc_rport_login(rdata); + fcport->rdata = rdata; + } else { + mutex_unlock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); + } } clear_bit(QEDF_RPORT_IN_RESET, &fcport->flags); } -- 1.8.3.1