From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Don't call kthread_stop with a spin lock held and interrupts disabled because kthread_stop will sleep waiting for the thread to stop. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 865d452..a0ba29d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -4269,7 +4269,9 @@ static void stop_controller_lockup_detector(struct ctlr_info *h) remove_ctlr_from_lockup_detector_list(h); /* If the list of ctlr's to monitor is empty, stop the thread */ if (list_empty(&hpsa_ctlr_list)) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockup_detector_lock, flags); kthread_stop(hpsa_lockup_detector); + spin_lock_irqsave(&lockup_detector_lock, flags); hpsa_lockup_detector = NULL; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lockup_detector_lock, flags); -- 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