From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> There's no point in trying since it can't work, and if you do try, it will just hang the system on shutdown. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hpsa.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 891c86b..d6ddc7f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -4942,6 +4942,15 @@ static void hpsa_flush_cache(struct ctlr_info *h) { char *flush_buf; struct CommandList *c; + unsigned long flags; + + /* Don't bother trying to flush the cache if locked up */ + spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags); + if (unlikely(h->lockup_detected)) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags); + return; + } + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags); flush_buf = kzalloc(4, GFP_KERNEL); if (!flush_buf) -- 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