[PATCH] ibmvfc: Fix a locking imbalance

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Avoid that the spin_lock() statement after kref_put() triggers a
lockup if rport != NULL && get_device() == 0. Detected by sparse.
Compile-tested only.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 057d277..b46257a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4722,6 +4722,8 @@ static void ibmvfc_rport_add_thread(struct work_struct *work)
 					tgt_dbg(tgt, "Setting rport roles\n");
 					fc_remote_port_rolechg(rport, tgt->ids.roles);
 					put_device(&rport->dev);
+				} else {
+					spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
 				}
 
 				kref_put(&tgt->kref, ibmvfc_release_tgt);
-- 
2.1.4

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