From: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> If a scsi device has been destroyed e.g. using the sysfs "delete" attribute, subsequent host rescans won't re-discover it. This patch makes it work at least via the smartqpi-specific "rescan" sysfs attribute. Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c index 54a72f465f85..87089b67ff74 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c @@ -1612,7 +1612,8 @@ static enum pqi_find_result pqi_scsi_find_entry(struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info, device->scsi3addr)) { *matching_device = device; if (pqi_device_equal(device_to_find, device)) { - if (device_to_find->volume_offline) + if (device_to_find->volume_offline || + !pqi_get_scsi_device(device)) return DEVICE_CHANGED; return DEVICE_SAME; } -- 2.26.2