[PATCH v3] scsi: core: pair EH runtime PM get and put
From: Hongjie Fang
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 07:53:10 EST
shost->eh_noresume is currently consulted twice in one error handling
iteration: once before scsi_autopm_get_host() and once again before
scsi_autopm_put_host().
That is racy when a PM-triggered error path flips shost->eh_noresume while
the SCSI EH thread is still running.
The problem flow looks like this:
PM path
ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode()
shost->eh_noresume = 1
ufshcd_execute_start_stop <-- trigger EH
...
shost->eh_noresume = 0
EH path
scsi_error_handler()
if (!shost->eh_noresume)
scsi_autopm_get_host() <-- skipped
...
if (!shost->eh_noresume)
scsi_autopm_put_host() <-- executed later
In that case one EH iteration can skip autoresume on entry and still drop
a runtime PM reference on exit. That leaves an unmatched runtime PM put
and can trigger a runtime PM usage count underflow.
Fix this by making eh_noresume a regular bool so it can be accessed with
READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(). Snapshot it once per EH iteration and use
that snapshot for both runtime PM get and put decisions.
Fixes: ae0751ffc77e ("[SCSI] add flag to skip the runtime PM calls on the host")
Signed-off-by: Hongjie Fang <hongjiefang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Use READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() for eh_noresume.
- Make eh_noresume a regular bool since READ_ONCE() cannot be used on
bitfields.
v2:
- Snapshot the shost->eh_noresume once per EH iteration.
drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 6 ++++--
drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c | 4 ++--
include/scsi/scsi_host.h | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 147127fb4db9..72515fa6daf7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -2342,6 +2342,7 @@ static void scsi_unjam_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
{
struct Scsi_Host *shost = data;
+ bool eh_noresume;
/*
* We use TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE so that the thread is not
@@ -2383,7 +2384,8 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
* what we need to do to get it up and online again (if we can).
* If we fail, we end up taking the thing offline.
*/
- if (!shost->eh_noresume && scsi_autopm_get_host(shost) != 0) {
+ eh_noresume = READ_ONCE(shost->eh_noresume);
+ if (!eh_noresume && scsi_autopm_get_host(shost) != 0) {
SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(1,
shost_printk(KERN_ERR, shost,
"scsi_eh_%d: unable to autoresume\n",
@@ -2407,7 +2409,7 @@ int scsi_error_handler(void *data)
* which are still online.
*/
scsi_restart_operations(shost);
- if (!shost->eh_noresume)
+ if (!eh_noresume)
scsi_autopm_put_host(shost);
}
__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
index c3f08957d179..9e2ae37340c9 100644
--- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
+++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
@@ -9995,7 +9995,7 @@ static int ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(struct ufs_hba *hba,
* we are functional while we are here, skip host resume in error
* handling context.
*/
- hba->host->eh_noresume = 1;
+ WRITE_ONCE(hba->host->eh_noresume, 1);
/*
* Current function would be generally called from the power management
@@ -10017,7 +10017,7 @@ static int ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(struct ufs_hba *hba,
}
scsi_device_put(sdp);
- hba->host->eh_noresume = 0;
+ WRITE_ONCE(hba->host->eh_noresume, 0);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index 7e2011830ba4..857f955f08cf 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -664,6 +664,9 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
/* Asynchronous scan in progress */
bool async_scan __guarded_by(&scan_mutex);
+ /* Don't resume host in EH */
+ bool eh_noresume;
+
unsigned active_mode:2;
/*
@@ -682,9 +685,6 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
/* Task mgmt function in progress */
unsigned tmf_in_progress:1;
- /* Don't resume host in EH */
- unsigned eh_noresume:1;
-
/* The controller does not support WRITE SAME */
unsigned no_write_same:1;
--
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