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 4.9-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-4.9 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
@@ -11393,6 +11393,7 @@ 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-4.9/scsi-lpfc-add-shutdown-method-for-kexec.patch