Calling the workqueue interface on uninitialized work items isn't a good idea even if they're zeroed. It's not failing catastrophically only through happy accidents, and a debug kernel rightfully complains. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c index f0b4cdbfceb0..d66c4ee2c774 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c @@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ static void virtscsi_ctrl_done(struct virtqueue *vq) virtscsi_vq_done(vscsi, &vscsi->ctrl_vq, virtscsi_complete_free); }; +static void virtscsi_handle_event(struct work_struct *work); + static int virtscsi_kick_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node) { @@ -260,6 +262,7 @@ static int virtscsi_kick_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, struct scatterlist sg; unsigned long flags; + INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, virtscsi_handle_event); sg_init_one(&sg, &event_node->event, sizeof(struct virtio_scsi_event)); spin_lock_irqsave(&vscsi->event_vq.vq_lock, flags); @@ -377,7 +380,6 @@ static void virtscsi_complete_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, void *buf) { struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node = buf; - INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, virtscsi_handle_event); schedule_work(&event_node->work); } -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html