The SCSI layer can go into an ugly loop if you ignore that a device is gone. You need to report an error in the command rather than in the return value of the queue method. We need to specifically check for ENODEV.. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/storage/uas.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c index 842ca5c82091..19e730f9ad19 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c @@ -662,8 +662,7 @@ static int uas_queuecommand_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd, if (devinfo->resetting) { set_host_byte(cmnd, DID_ERROR); cmnd->scsi_done(cmnd); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devinfo->lock, flags); - return 0; + goto zombie; } /* Find a free uas-tag */ @@ -699,6 +698,16 @@ static int uas_queuecommand_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd, cmdinfo->state &= ~(SUBMIT_DATA_IN_URB | SUBMIT_DATA_OUT_URB); err = uas_submit_urbs(cmnd, devinfo); + /* + * in case of fatal errors the SCSI layer is peculiar + * a command that has finished is a success for the purpose + * of queueing, no matter how fatal the error + */ + if (err == -ENODEV) { + set_host_byte(cmnd, DID_ERROR); + cmnd->scsi_done(cmnd); + goto zombie; + } if (err) { /* If we did nothing, give up now */ if (cmdinfo->state & SUBMIT_STATUS_URB) { @@ -709,6 +718,7 @@ static int uas_queuecommand_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd, } devinfo->cmnd[idx] = cmnd; +zombie: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devinfo->lock, flags); return 0; } -- 2.16.4