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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/sg.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/sg.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c index cd2fdac000c9..ba9ba0e04f42 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c @@ -1741,15 +1741,11 @@ sg_start_req(Sg_request *srp, unsigned char *cmd) * * With scsi-mq enabled, there are a fixed number of preallocated * requests equal in number to shost->can_queue. If all of the - * preallocated requests are already in use, then using GFP_ATOMIC with - * blk_get_request() will return -EWOULDBLOCK, whereas using GFP_KERNEL - * will cause blk_get_request() to sleep until an active command - * completes, freeing up a request. Neither option is ideal, but - * GFP_KERNEL is the better choice to prevent userspace from getting an - * unexpected EWOULDBLOCK. - * - * With scsi-mq disabled, blk_get_request() with GFP_KERNEL usually - * does not sleep except under memory pressure. + * preallocated requests are already in use, then blk_get_request() + * will sleep until an active command completes, freeing up a request. + * Although waiting in an asynchronous interface is less than ideal, we + * do not want to use BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT here because userspace might + * not expect an EWOULDBLOCK from this condition. */ rq = blk_get_request(q, hp->dxfer_direction == SG_DXFER_TO_DEV ? REQ_OP_SCSI_OUT : REQ_OP_SCSI_IN, 0); @@ -2185,6 +2181,7 @@ sg_add_sfp(Sg_device * sdp) write_lock_irqsave(&sdp->sfd_lock, iflags); if (atomic_read(&sdp->detaching)) { write_unlock_irqrestore(&sdp->sfd_lock, iflags); + kfree(sfp); return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); } list_add_tail(&sfp->sfd_siblings, &sdp->sfds); |