From: Mike Snitzer Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 00:43:21 +0000 (+0100) Subject: dm mpath: check if scsi_dh module already loaded before trying to load X-Git-Url: http://git.alex.org.uk dm mpath: check if scsi_dh module already loaded before trying to load If the requested scsi_dh module is already loaded then skip request_module(). Multipath table loads can hang in an unnecessary __request_module. Reported-by: Ben Marzinski Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon --- diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c index 922a338..754f38f 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c @@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ static int parse_hw_handler(struct dm_arg_set *as, struct multipath *m) return 0; m->hw_handler_name = kstrdup(dm_shift_arg(as), GFP_KERNEL); - request_module("scsi_dh_%s", m->hw_handler_name); - if (scsi_dh_handler_exist(m->hw_handler_name) == 0) { + if (!try_then_request_module(scsi_dh_handler_exist(m->hw_handler_name), + "scsi_dh_%s", m->hw_handler_name)) { ti->error = "unknown hardware handler type"; ret = -EINVAL; goto fail;