cciss: Fix problem with remove_from_scan_list on driver unload

[linux-2.6.git] / drivers / block / cciss.c

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
index 92b126394fa1f1f9605bd5227242fbd9d01c691b..81c21875eb72bec3b1a8ca2d34985913e8f46a3d 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
@@ -3513,28 +3513,33 @@ static int add_to_scan_list(struct ctlr_info *h)
  * @h:                    Pointer to the controller.
  *
  * Removes the controller from the rescan queue if present. Blocks if
- * the controller is currently conducting a rescan.
+ * the controller is currently conducting a rescan.  The controller
+ * can be in one of three states:
+ * 1. Doesn't need a scan
+ * 2. On the scan list, but not scanning yet (we remove it)
+ * 3. Busy scanning (and not on the list). In this case we want to wait for
+ *    the scan to complete to make sure the scanning thread for this
+ *    controller is completely idle.
  **/
 static void remove_from_scan_list(struct ctlr_info *h)
 {
        struct ctlr_info *test_h, *tmp_h;
-       int scanning = 0;
 
        mutex_lock(&scan_mutex);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(test_h, tmp_h, &scan_q, scan_list) {
-               if (test_h == h) {
+               if (test_h == h) { /* state 2. */
                        list_del(&h->scan_list);
                        complete_all(&h->scan_wait);
                        mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
                        return;
                }
        }
-       if (&h->busy_scanning)
-               scanning = 0;
-       mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
-
-       if (scanning)
+       if (h->busy_scanning) { /* state 3. */
+               mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
                wait_for_completion(&h->scan_wait);
+       } else { /* state 1, nothing to do. */
+               mutex_unlock(&scan_mutex);
+       }
 }
 
 /**