In a multiple configuration change scenario a remove notification can be followed by an immediate add notification for the same device, which will cause the device to be removed but never added back. This patch fixes the problem by ensuring that in such situations the device will be added back. Signed-off-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <klebers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 7 +++++-- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c index a8e24f0..1485767 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c @@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static void ipr_handle_config_change(struct ipr_ioa_cfg *ioa_cfg, ipr_clear_res_target(res); list_move_tail(&res->queue, &ioa_cfg->free_res_q); } - } else if (!res->sdev) { + } else if (!res->sdev || res->del_from_ml) { res->add_to_ml = 1; if (ioa_cfg->allow_ml_add_del) schedule_work(&ioa_cfg->work_q); @@ -3104,7 +3104,10 @@ restart: did_work = 1; sdev = res->sdev; if (!scsi_device_get(sdev)) { - list_move_tail(&res->queue, &ioa_cfg->free_res_q); + if (!res->add_to_ml) + list_move_tail(&res->queue, &ioa_cfg->free_res_q); + else + res->del_from_ml = 0; spin_unlock_irqrestore(ioa_cfg->host->host_lock, lock_flags); scsi_remove_device(sdev); scsi_device_put(sdev); -- 1.7.1 -- Kleber S. Souza IBM Linux Technology Center -- 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