When the host template doesn't declare an eh_host_reset_handler the eh_deadline mechanism is pointless and will set the device to offline. So disable eh_deadline if no eh_host_reset_handler is present. Cc: Ewan Milne <emilne@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 2 +- drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 4 +++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c index f28ea07..3cbb57a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_alloc(struct scsi_host_template *sht, int privsize) shost->ordered_tag = sht->ordered_tag; shost->no_write_same = sht->no_write_same; - if (shost_eh_deadline == -1) + if (shost_eh_deadline == -1 || !sht->eh_host_reset_handler) shost->eh_deadline = -1; else if ((ulong) shost_eh_deadline * HZ > INT_MAX) { shost_printk(KERN_WARNING, shost, diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c index 9117d0b..f2151cd 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c @@ -300,7 +300,9 @@ store_shost_eh_deadline(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, int ret = -EINVAL; unsigned long deadline, flags; - if (shost->transportt && shost->transportt->eh_strategy_handler) + if (shost->transportt && + (shost->transportt->eh_strategy_handler || + !shost->hostt->eh_host_reset_handler)) return ret; if (!strncmp(buf, "off", strlen("off"))) -- 1.7.12.4 -- 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