On Mon, 20 Feb 2012, Lan Tianyu wrote: > The sd_check_event() will be called periodly even when the device is in > the suspended status to check media event. The scsi_test_unit_ready() in > the sd_check_event() will issue scsi cmd request. Issuing scsi request when > the device is in the suspeneded status will cause problem. For example, when > a usb flash disk in the suspended status, scsi_test_unit_ready() issues a > scsi request. The request will be returned as failed because the usb device > is not active. The patch adds scsi_autopm_get_device() and scsi_autopm_put_device() > around scsi_test_unit_ready() in the sd_check_event() to resolve such problem. > > Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/sd.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c > index c691fb5..7913bd1 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c > @@ -1183,8 +1183,14 @@ static unsigned int sd_check_events(struct gendisk *disk, unsigned int clearing) > > if (scsi_block_when_processing_errors(sdp)) { > sshdr = kzalloc(sizeof(*sshdr), GFP_KERNEL); > + > + retval = scsi_autopm_get_device(sdp); > + if (retval) > + goto out; > + > retval = scsi_test_unit_ready(sdp, SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES, > sshdr); > + scsi_autopm_put_device(sdp); > } > > /* failed to execute TUR, assume media not present */ You might as well put the _get_device call before the kzalloc; no point in allocating memory if it's not going to be used. Apart from that, this is fine. Are there any other places where the block layer sends I/O requests even when the device isn't open? Alan Stern -- 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