Commit db422318cbca55168cf965f655471dbf8be82433 ([SCSI] scsi_dh: propagate SCSI device deletion) introduced a regression where the device reference is not dropped prior to scsi_dh_activate's early return from the error path. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 2.6.38 --- drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (I embedded this fix in another scsi_dh_emc thread on 3/21 so figured I'd resend to get it back on the radar) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c index 564e6ec..0119b81 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c @@ -394,12 +394,14 @@ int scsi_dh_activate(struct request_queue *q, activate_complete fn, void *data) unsigned long flags; struct scsi_device *sdev; struct scsi_device_handler *scsi_dh = NULL; + struct device *dev = NULL; spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags); sdev = q->queuedata; if (sdev && sdev->scsi_dh_data) scsi_dh = sdev->scsi_dh_data->scsi_dh; - if (!scsi_dh || !get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev) || + dev = get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); + if (!scsi_dh || !dev || sdev->sdev_state == SDEV_CANCEL || sdev->sdev_state == SDEV_DEL) err = SCSI_DH_NOSYS; @@ -410,12 +412,13 @@ int scsi_dh_activate(struct request_queue *q, activate_complete fn, void *data) if (err) { if (fn) fn(data, err); - return err; + goto out; } if (scsi_dh->activate) err = scsi_dh->activate(sdev, fn, data); - put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); +out: + put_device(dev); return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_dh_activate); -- 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