This fixes a 'possible circular locking dependency detected' warning CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); lock(&instance->reset_mutex); lock(&shost->scan_mutex); Fix this but temporarily releasing the reset_mutex. Signed-off-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c index 6c79c350a4d5..253cc1159661 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c @@ -8907,8 +8907,11 @@ megasas_aen_polling(struct work_struct *work) (ld_target_id / MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL), (ld_target_id % MEGASAS_MAX_DEV_PER_CHANNEL), 0); - if (sdev1) + if (sdev1) { + mutex_unlock(&instance->reset_mutex); megasas_remove_scsi_device(sdev1); + mutex_lock(&instance->reset_mutex); + } event_type = SCAN_VD_CHANNEL; break; -- 2.46.0