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[SCSI] scsi_scan: Cope with kthread_run failing
authorMatthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:18:48 +0000 (09:18 -0600)
committerJames Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.localdomain>
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:51:06 +0000 (14:51 -0400)
commita57b1fccdfa65b78481f5e651833d979e545de04
treed70028d8df64fd12d8a583da18a31f9de6a853aetree | snapshot
parent31765d7d3da9bb575f80faecae0b931afa3532c6commit | diff
[SCSI] scsi_scan: Cope with kthread_run failing

If kthread_run failed, we would fail to scan the host, and leak the
allocated async_scan_data.  Since using a separate thread is just an
optimisation, do the scan synchronously if we fail to spawn a thread.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c diff | blob | history
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