Create the sysfs file, dh_state even if the new SCSI device is not in the any of the device handler's internal lists. Signed-Off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.31-rc1/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.31-rc1.orig/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c +++ linux-2.6.31-rc1/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c @@ -304,18 +304,15 @@ static int scsi_dh_notifier(struct notif sdev = to_scsi_device(dev); if (action == BUS_NOTIFY_ADD_DEVICE) { + err = device_create_file(dev, &scsi_dh_state_attr); + /* don't care about err */ devinfo = device_handler_match(NULL, sdev); - if (!devinfo) - goto out; - - err = scsi_dh_handler_attach(sdev, devinfo); - if (!err) - err = device_create_file(dev, &scsi_dh_state_attr); + if (devinfo) + err = scsi_dh_handler_attach(sdev, devinfo); } else if (action == BUS_NOTIFY_DEL_DEVICE) { device_remove_file(dev, &scsi_dh_state_attr); scsi_dh_handler_detach(sdev, NULL); } -out: return err; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html