[PATCH v4] scsi: core: Fix async_scan race condition with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE

From: Chaohai Chen

Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 04:31:22 EST


Previously, host_lock was used to prevent bit-set conflicts in async_scan,
but this approach introduced naked reads in some code paths.

Convert async_scan from a bitfield to a bool type to eliminate bit-level
conflicts entirely. Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() to ensure proper
memory ordering on Alpha and satisfy KCSAN requirements.

Signed-off-by: Chaohai Chen <wdhh6@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

v1->v3:
- use READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() to fix the issue. (Christoph Hellwig, Damien Le Moal)

v3->v4:
- move async_scan before the bit field in the structure to avoid holes.(Damien Le Moal)

drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 22 ++++++++--------------
include/scsi/scsi_host.h | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 60c06fa4ec32..892be54dacc6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ static int scsi_probe_and_add_lun(struct scsi_target *starget,
goto out_free_result;
}

- res = scsi_add_lun(sdev, result, &bflags, shost->async_scan);
+ res = scsi_add_lun(sdev, result, &bflags, READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan));
if (res == SCSI_SCAN_LUN_PRESENT) {
if (bflags & BLIST_KEY) {
sdev->lockable = 0;
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ struct scsi_device *__scsi_add_device(struct Scsi_Host *shost, uint channel,
scsi_autopm_get_target(starget);

mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
- if (!shost->async_scan)
+ if (!READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan))
scsi_complete_async_scans();

if (scsi_host_scan_allowed(shost) && scsi_autopm_get_host(shost) == 0) {
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ void scsi_scan_target(struct device *parent, unsigned int channel,
return;

mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
- if (!shost->async_scan)
+ if (!READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan))
scsi_complete_async_scans();

if (scsi_host_scan_allowed(shost) && scsi_autopm_get_host(shost) == 0) {
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ int scsi_scan_host_selected(struct Scsi_Host *shost, unsigned int channel,
return -EINVAL;

mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
- if (!shost->async_scan)
+ if (!READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan))
scsi_complete_async_scans();

if (scsi_host_scan_allowed(shost) && scsi_autopm_get_host(shost) == 0) {
@@ -1943,13 +1943,12 @@ static void scsi_sysfs_add_devices(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
static struct async_scan_data *scsi_prep_async_scan(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
{
struct async_scan_data *data = NULL;
- unsigned long flags;

if (strncmp(scsi_scan_type, "sync", 4) == 0)
return NULL;

mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);
- if (shost->async_scan) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan)) {
shost_printk(KERN_DEBUG, shost, "%s called twice\n", __func__);
goto err;
}
@@ -1962,9 +1961,7 @@ static struct async_scan_data *scsi_prep_async_scan(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
goto err;
init_completion(&data->prev_finished);

- spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
- shost->async_scan = 1;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
+ WRITE_ONCE(shost->async_scan, true);
mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);

spin_lock(&async_scan_lock);
@@ -1992,7 +1989,6 @@ static struct async_scan_data *scsi_prep_async_scan(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
static void scsi_finish_async_scan(struct async_scan_data *data)
{
struct Scsi_Host *shost;
- unsigned long flags;

if (!data)
return;
@@ -2001,7 +1997,7 @@ static void scsi_finish_async_scan(struct async_scan_data *data)

mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex);

- if (!shost->async_scan) {
+ if (!READ_ONCE(shost->async_scan)) {
shost_printk(KERN_INFO, shost, "%s called twice\n", __func__);
dump_stack();
mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);
@@ -2012,9 +2008,7 @@ static void scsi_finish_async_scan(struct async_scan_data *data)

scsi_sysfs_add_devices(shost);

- spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
- shost->async_scan = 0;
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
+ WRITE_ONCE(shost->async_scan, false);

mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex);

diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index f6e12565a81d..ad745462f5ec 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -660,6 +660,10 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
*/
unsigned nr_hw_queues;
unsigned nr_maps;
+
+ /* Asynchronous scan in progress */
+ bool async_scan;
+
unsigned active_mode:2;

/*
@@ -678,9 +682,6 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
/* Task mgmt function in progress */
unsigned tmf_in_progress:1;

- /* Asynchronous scan in progress */
- unsigned async_scan:1;
-
/* Don't resume host in EH */
unsigned eh_noresume:1;

--
2.43.7