Re: [PATCH] megaraid_sas: fix for a potential deadlock

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On 9/23/24 19:48, Tomas Henzl wrote:
> 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;

Hi Chandrakanth,

can you please review this patch?

Thanks, Tomas





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