[dm-devel] dm-mpath: do not change SCSI device handler

[Mikulas Patocka]

On Thu, 4 Apr 2013, Mike Snitzer wrote:

> I'm suggesting that switching the scsi_dh is not something that will be
> done on a system that is suffering from serious memory contention.
> 
> But I think we need to get back to analyzing the scsi_dh change you
> mentioned before with tracking counts, etc.

When I look at the code, I see module_put(THIS_MODULE) in all scsi device 
handlers. Moreover, there are many 'module_put(THIS_MODULE)' over the 
whole kernel. It seems buggy, because when the function module_put 
returns, reschedule happens, module is unloaded, the process that called 
module_put(THIS_MODULE) is scheduled back again, crash happens because we 
are running a code that no longer exists. Is it a bug or is there some 
trick that prevents the kernel from crashing in this scenario?

Mikulas