Re: [PATCH v4 32/32] cxlflash: Fix to avoid potential deadlock on EEH

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> On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/25/2015 06:19 PM, Matthew R. Ochs wrote:
>> static int write_same16(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>> @@ -433,9 +451,20 @@ static int write_same16(struct scsi_device *sdev,
>> 		put_unaligned_be32(ws_limit < left ? ws_limit : left,
>> 				   &scsi_cmd[10]);
>> 
>> +		/* Drop the ioctl read semahpore across lengthy call */
>> +		up_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
>> 		result = scsi_execute(sdev, scsi_cmd, DMA_TO_DEVICE, cmd_buf,
>> 				      CMD_BUFSIZE, sense_buf, to, CMD_RETRIES,
>> 				      0, NULL);
>> +		down_read(&cfg->ioctl_rwsem);
>> +		rc = check_state(cfg);
>> +		if (rc) {
>> +			dev_err(dev, "%s: Failed state! result=0x08%X\n",
>> +				__func__, result);
>> +			rc = -ENODEV;
> 
> Since check_state only returns 0 or -ENODEV, this is a bit redundant, but not worth redoing the
> patch in my mind.

Agreed. This occurred to me the other day after submitting this patch when I was
reviewing the state locking code. Will look at revising in a future patch.

Thanks again for reviewing.

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