On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 01:09:44PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c > @@ -264,8 +264,11 @@ static int alua_check_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct alua_dh_data *h) > int device_id_size, device_id_type = 0; > struct alua_port_group *tmp_pg, *pg = NULL; > > - if (!sdev->vpd_pg83) > + rcu_read_lock(); > + if (!rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83)) { > + rcu_read_unlock(); > return SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP; > + } > > /* > * Look for the correct descriptor. > @@ -281,8 +284,8 @@ static int alua_check_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct alua_dh_data *h) > */ > memset(device_id_str, 0, 256); > device_id_size = 0; > - d = sdev->vpd_pg83 + 4; > - while (d < sdev->vpd_pg83 + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) { > + d = rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83) + 4; > + while (d < rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83) + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) { Seem like this code would benefit from a local variable in favor of the repeated rcu_dereference() calls. > @@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ void scsi_attach_vpd(struct scsi_device *sdev) I think this function could use a new name, e.g. scsi_read_vpd_pages? > @@ -563,8 +563,9 @@ static void ses_match_to_enclosure(struct enclosure_device *edev, > if (!sdev->vpd_pg83_len) > return; > > - desc = sdev->vpd_pg83 + 4; > - while (desc < sdev->vpd_pg83 + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) { > + rcu_read_lock(); > + desc = rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83) + 4; > + while (desc < rcu_dereference(sdev->vpd_pg83) + sdev->vpd_pg83_len) { A local variable or two would help here as well. -- 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