--- /dev/null
+From bba0bdd7ad4713d82338bcd9b72d57e9335a664b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
+Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 10:31:47 +0100
+Subject: Defer processing of REQ_PREEMPT requests for blocked devices
+
+From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
+
+commit bba0bdd7ad4713d82338bcd9b72d57e9335a664b upstream.
+
+SCSI transport drivers and SCSI LLDs block a SCSI device if the
+transport layer is not operational. This means that in this state
+no requests should be processed, even if the REQ_PREEMPT flag has
+been set. This patch avoids that a rescan shortly after a cable
+pull sporadically triggers the following kernel oops:
+
+BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc9001a6bc084
+IP: [<ffffffffa04e08f2>] mlx4_ib_post_send+0xd2/0xb30 [mlx4_ib]
+Process rescan-scsi-bus (pid: 9241, threadinfo ffff88053484a000, task ffff880534aae100)
+Call Trace:
+ [<ffffffffa0718135>] srp_post_send+0x65/0x70 [ib_srp]
+ [<ffffffffa071b9df>] srp_queuecommand+0x1cf/0x3e0 [ib_srp]
+ [<ffffffffa0001ff1>] scsi_dispatch_cmd+0x101/0x280 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa0009ad1>] scsi_request_fn+0x411/0x4d0 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffff81223b37>] __blk_run_queue+0x27/0x30
+ [<ffffffff8122a8d2>] blk_execute_rq_nowait+0x82/0x110
+ [<ffffffff8122a9c2>] blk_execute_rq+0x62/0xf0
+ [<ffffffffa000b0e8>] scsi_execute+0xe8/0x190 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000b2f3>] scsi_execute_req+0xa3/0x130 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000c1aa>] scsi_probe_lun+0x17a/0x450 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000ce86>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x156/0x480 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000dc2f>] __scsi_scan_target+0xdf/0x1f0 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000dfa3>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0x183/0x1c0 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000edfb>] scsi_scan+0xdb/0xe0 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffffa000ee13>] store_scan+0x13/0x20 [scsi_mod]
+ [<ffffffff811c8d9b>] sysfs_write_file+0xcb/0x160
+ [<ffffffff811589de>] vfs_write+0xce/0x140
+ [<ffffffff81158b53>] sys_write+0x53/0xa0
+ [<ffffffff81464592>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
+ [<00007f611c9d9300>] 0x7f611c9d92ff
+
+Reported-by: Max Gurtuvoy <maxg@mellanox.com>
+Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
+Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
+Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Odin.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+---
+ drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 4 +++-
+ include/linux/blk_types.h | 4 +++-
+ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
++++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+@@ -1242,9 +1242,11 @@ int scsi_prep_state_check(struct scsi_de
+ "rejecting I/O to dead device\n");
+ ret = BLKPREP_KILL;
+ break;
+- case SDEV_QUIESCE:
+ case SDEV_BLOCK:
+ case SDEV_CREATED_BLOCK:
++ ret = BLKPREP_DEFER;
++ break;
++ case SDEV_QUIESCE:
+ /*
+ * If the devices is blocked we defer normal commands.
+ */
+--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
++++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
+@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ enum rq_flag_bits {
+ __REQ_ELVPRIV, /* elevator private data attached */
+ __REQ_FAILED, /* set if the request failed */
+ __REQ_QUIET, /* don't worry about errors */
+- __REQ_PREEMPT, /* set for "ide_preempt" requests */
++ __REQ_PREEMPT, /* set for "ide_preempt" requests and also
++ for requests for which the SCSI "quiesce"
++ state must be ignored. */
+ __REQ_ALLOCED, /* request came from our alloc pool */
+ __REQ_COPY_USER, /* contains copies of user pages */
+ __REQ_FLUSH_SEQ, /* request for flush sequence */