This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled scsi: lpfc: Add shutdown method for kexec to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: scsi-lpfc-add-shutdown-method-for-kexec.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 85e8a23936ab3442de0c42da97d53b29f004ece1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:49:20 +1100 Subject: scsi: lpfc: Add shutdown method for kexec From: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> commit 85e8a23936ab3442de0c42da97d53b29f004ece1 upstream. We see lpfc devices regularly fail during kexec. Fix this by adding a shutdown method which mirrors the remove method. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c @@ -11387,6 +11387,7 @@ static struct pci_driver lpfc_driver = { .id_table = lpfc_id_table, .probe = lpfc_pci_probe_one, .remove = lpfc_pci_remove_one, + .shutdown = lpfc_pci_remove_one, .suspend = lpfc_pci_suspend_one, .resume = lpfc_pci_resume_one, .err_handler = &lpfc_err_handler, Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from anton@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/scsi-lpfc-add-shutdown-method-for-kexec.patch