[PATCH v2 0/3] scsi: virtio_scsi: move INIT_WORK calls to virtscsi_init

From: Joshua Daley

Date: Thu Mar 12 2026 - 13:44:13 EST


Changelog v1 -> v2:

- Added 2 additional patches:
- [PATCH v2 1/3] scsi: virtio_scsi: kick event_list unconditionally
- Removes the conditions surrounding event_list operations (suggested by Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>)
- [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: virtio_scsi: remove unnecessary fn declaration
- Removes virtscsi_handle_event() prototype (suggested by Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>)

- [PATCH 1/1] -> [PATCH v2 3/3] scsi: virtio_scsi: move INIT_WORK calls to virtscsi_init
- Removed the condition surrounding INIT_WORK calls

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v1 cover letter:

This patch avoids a kernel warning that may occur if a virtio_scsi
controller is detached immediately following a disk detach. See the
commit message for details. The following are instructions to
produce the warning (without the proposed patch).

Timing matters--if all event work items call INIT_WORK before they are
flushed by cancel_work_sync, then the warning will not occur.

The warning will occur consistently if a sleep is added in
virtscsi_kick_event before the INIT_WORK call, like so:

#include <linux/delay.h>

static int virtscsi_kick_event(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
struct virtio_scsi_event_node *event_node)
{
int err;
struct scatterlist sg;
unsigned long flags;

-> msleep(1000);
INIT_WORK(&event_node->work, virtscsi_handle_event);

...
}

Then, just detach a disk and its controller in quick succession:

virsh detach-device --domain <domain> disk.xml; \
virsh detach-device --domain <domain> controller.xml

where disk.xml and controller.xml are text files containing the XML
of the disk and controller.

Or, with the libvirt python module:

domain.detachDevice(str(disk_xml))
domain.detachDevice(str(controller_xml))

Joshua Daley (3):
scsi: virtio_scsi: kick event_list unconditionally
scsi: virtio_scsi: remove unnecessary fn declaration
scsi: virtio_scsi: move INIT_WORK calls to virtscsi_init

drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 17 ++++++-----------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

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