On 15/09/2016 15:08, John Garry wrote:
On 15/09/2016 14:48, Vaishali Thakkar wrote:
It is preferrable to use request_firmware where sleeping is
allowed. Using it under spinlock can cause blocking. Here,
the function wd719x_chip_init calls request_firmware while
holding a spinlock. So, let's access it outside the spinlock.

Coccinelle is used to detect the issue.

Signed-off-by: Vaishali Thakkar <vaishali.thak...@oracle.com>
---
Please note that the patch is compile-tested only. And this change
may require driver testing.
---
 drivers/scsi/wd719x.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/wd719x.c b/drivers/scsi/wd719x.c
index e3da1a2..b8e57f3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/wd719x.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/wd719x.c
@@ -518,13 +518,14 @@ static int wd719x_host_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
     int result;

     dev_info(&wd->pdev->dev, "host reset requested\n");
-    spin_lock_irqsave(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
+

In the version of code I have flags is only used for this spinlock, so
can flags be removed?

I see we're just relocating the spinlock, so ignore me


     /* Try to reinit the RISC */
     if (wd719x_chip_init(wd) == 0)
         result = SUCCESS;
     else
         result = FAILED;

+    spin_lock_irqsave(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
     /* flush all SCBs */
     list_for_each_entry_safe(scb, tmp, &wd->active_scbs, list) {
         struct scsi_cmnd *tmp_cmd = scb->cmd;



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