Re: [PATCH 06/10] aacraid: Fix for aac_command_thread hang

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:31:57PM -0700, Raghava Aditya Renukunta wrote:
> Typically under error conditions, it is possible for aac_command_thread()
> to miss the wakeup from kthread_stop() and go back to sleep, causing it
> to hang aac_shutdown.
> 
> In the observed scenario, the adapter is not functioning correctly and so
> aac_fib_send() never completes (or time-outs depending on how it was
> called). Shortly after aac_command_thread() starts it performs
> aac_fib_send(SendHostTime) which hangs. When aac_probe_one
> /aac_get_adapter_info send time outs, kthread_stop is called which breaks
> the command thread out of it's hang.
> 
> The code will still go back to sleep in schedule_timeout() without
> checking kthread_should_stop() so it causes aac_probe_one to hang until
> the schedule_timeout() which is 30 minutes.
> 
> Fixed by: Adding another kthread_should_stop() before schedule_timeout()
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghava Aditya Renukunta <RaghavaAditya.Renukunta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

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