3 files changed, 49 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 05922e9f4fa..35b62129383 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6453,7 +6453,7 @@ int ata_host_register(struct ata_host *host, struct scsi_host_template *sht)
 	for (i = 0; i < host->n_ports; i++) {
 		struct ata_port *ap = host->ports[i];
 
-		ata_scsi_scan_host(ap);
+		ata_scsi_scan_host(ap, 1);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index cfde22da07a..12ac0b511f7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2947,17 +2947,22 @@ int ata_scsi_add_hosts(struct ata_host *host, struct scsi_host_template *sht)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap)
+void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap, int sync)
 {
+	int tries = 5;
+	struct ata_device *last_failed_dev = NULL;
+	struct ata_device *dev;
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_DISABLED)
 		return;
 
+ repeat:
 	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-		struct ata_device *dev = &ap->device[i];
 		struct scsi_device *sdev;
 
+		dev = &ap->device[i];
+
 		if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev) || dev->sdev)
 			continue;
 
@@ -2967,6 +2972,45 @@ void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap)
 			scsi_device_put(sdev);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* If we scanned while EH was in progress or allocation
+	 * failure occurred, scan would have failed silently.  Check
+	 * whether all devices are attached.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
+		dev = &ap->device[i];
+		if (ata_dev_enabled(dev) && !dev->sdev)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i == ATA_MAX_DEVICES)
+		return;
+
+	/* we're missing some SCSI devices */
+	if (sync) {
+		/* If caller requested synchrnous scan && we've made
+		 * any progress, sleep briefly and repeat.
+		 */
+		if (dev != last_failed_dev) {
+			msleep(100);
+			last_failed_dev = dev;
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+
+		/* We might be failing to detect boot device, give it
+		 * a few more chances.
+		 */
+		if (--tries) {
+			msleep(100);
+			goto repeat;
+		}
+
+		ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_ERR, "WARNING: synchronous SCSI scan "
+				"failed without making any progress,\n"
+				"                  switching to async\n");
+	}
+
+	queue_delayed_work(ata_aux_wq, &ap->hotplug_task,
+			   round_jiffies_relative(HZ));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3093,20 +3137,7 @@ void ata_scsi_hotplug(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	/* scan for new ones */
-	ata_scsi_scan_host(ap);
-
-	/* If we scanned while EH was in progress, scan would have
-	 * failed silently.  Requeue if there are enabled but
-	 * unattached devices.
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_DEVICES; i++) {
-		struct ata_device *dev = &ap->device[i];
-		if (ata_dev_enabled(dev) && !dev->sdev) {
-			queue_delayed_work(ata_aux_wq, &ap->hotplug_task,
-				round_jiffies_relative(HZ));
-			break;
-		}
-	}
+	ata_scsi_scan_host(ap, 0);
 
 	DPRINTK("EXIT\n");
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index ba17fc5f2e9..48836b22ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static inline int ata_acpi_on_devcfg(struct ata_device *adev) { return 0; }
 /* libata-scsi.c */
 extern int ata_scsi_add_hosts(struct ata_host *host,
 			      struct scsi_host_template *sht);
-extern void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap);
+extern void ata_scsi_scan_host(struct ata_port *ap, int sync);
 extern int ata_scsi_offline_dev(struct ata_device *dev);
 extern void ata_scsi_hotplug(struct work_struct *work);
 extern unsigned int ata_scsiop_inq_std(struct ata_scsi_args *args, u8 *rbuf,