> -----Original Message----- > From: K. Y. Srinivasan [mailto:k...@microsoft.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:04 PM > To: gre...@linuxfoundation.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; oher...@suse.com; jbottom...@parallels.com; > h...@infradead.org; linux-s...@vger.kernel.org > Cc: KY Srinivasan; stable@vger.kernel.org > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Account for in-transit packets > in the > RESET path > > Properly account for I/O in transit before returning from the RESET call. > In the absense of this patch, we could have a situation where the host may > respond to a command that was issued prior to the issuance of the RESET > command at some arbitrary time after responding to the RESET command. > Currently, the host does not do anything with the RESET command. > > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > --- > drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 5 +++++ > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c > index 528d52b..0144078 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c > @@ -1221,7 +1221,12 @@ static int storvsc_host_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd > *scmnd) > /* > * At this point, all outstanding requests in the adapter > * should have been flushed out and return to us > + * There is a potential race here where the host may be in > + * the process of responding when we return from here. > + * Just wait for all in-transit packets to be accounted for > + * before we return from here. > */ > + storvsc_wait_to_drain(stor_device); > > return SUCCESS; > } > -- > 1.7.4.1
James, This patch is critical for running Linux based workloads on our Cloud infrastructure - Azure. Please let me know if there are any issues. Regards, K. Y -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html