# \[set4 resend PATCH 3/5\] scsi: queue async scan work to an async\_schedule domain

- From: Dan Williams \<hidden\>
- Date: 2012-07-10 02:16:48 
- List: linux-ide
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ide/2012/07/6697946
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-scsi/2012/07/6697944/t.md

```text
This is preparation to enable async_synchronize_full() to be used as a
replacement for scsi_complete_async_scans(), i.e. to stop leaking scsi
internal details where they are not needed.

Cc: Arjan van de Ven <redacted>
Cc: Len Brown <redacted>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <redacted>
Cc: James Bottomley <redacted>
Tested-by: Eldad Zack <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <redacted>
---
 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index f55e5f1..dff17c1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -1845,14 +1845,13 @@ static void do_scsi_scan_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 	}
 }
 
-static int do_scan_async(void *_data)
+static void do_scan_async(void *_data, async_cookie_t c)
 {
 	struct async_scan_data *data = _data;
 	struct Scsi_Host *shost = data->shost;
 
 	do_scsi_scan_host(shost);
 	scsi_finish_async_scan(data);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1861,7 +1860,6 @@ static int do_scan_async(void *_data)
  **/
 void scsi_scan_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 {
-	struct task_struct *p;
 	struct async_scan_data *data;
 
 	if (strncmp(scsi_scan_type, "none", 4) == 0)
@@ -1876,9 +1874,11 @@ void scsi_scan_host(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	p = kthread_run(do_scan_async, data, "scsi_scan_%d", shost->host_no);
-	if (IS_ERR(p))
-		do_scan_async(data);
+	/* register with the async subsystem so wait_for_device_probe()
+	 * will flush this work
+	 */
+	async_schedule(do_scan_async, data);
+
 	/* scsi_autopm_put_host(shost) is called in scsi_finish_async_scan() */
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_scan_host);

```