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[v2,1/2] libsas: Don't process sas events in static works

Message ID 1497425597-18799-2-git-send-email-wangyijing@huawei.com
State New
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Series Enhance libsas hotplug feature | expand

Commit Message

wangyijing June 14, 2017, 7:33 a.m. UTC
Now libsas hotplug work is static, LLDD driver queue
the hotplug work into shost->work_q. If LLDD driver
burst post lots hotplug events to libsas, the hotplug
events may pending in the workqueue like

shost->work_q
new work[PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] --> |[PHYE_LOSS_OF_SIGNAL][PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] -> processing
                                |<-------wait worker to process-------->|
In this case, a new PORTE_BYTES_DMAED event coming, libsas try to queue it
to shost->work_q, but this work is already pending, so it would be lost.
Finally, libsas delete the related sas port and sas devices, but LLDD driver
expect libsas add the sas port and devices(last sas event).

This patch remove the static defined hotplug work, and use dynamic work to
avoid missing hotplug events.

Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>

Signed-off-by: Yousong He <heyousong@huawei.com>

Signed-off-by: Qilin Chen <chenqilin2@huawei.com>

---
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c    | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c     |  6 ---
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h |  3 ++
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_phy.c      | 45 ++++---------------
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c     | 18 ++++----
 include/scsi/libsas.h              | 10 +----
 6 files changed, 84 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)

-- 
2.5.0

Comments

Johannes Thumshirn June 14, 2017, 8:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On 06/14/2017 09:33 AM, Yijing Wang wrote:
> Now libsas hotplug work is static, LLDD driver queue

> the hotplug work into shost->work_q. If LLDD driver

> burst post lots hotplug events to libsas, the hotplug

> events may pending in the workqueue like

> 

> shost->work_q

> new work[PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] --> |[PHYE_LOSS_OF_SIGNAL][PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] -> processing

>                                 |<-------wait worker to process-------->|

> In this case, a new PORTE_BYTES_DMAED event coming, libsas try to queue it

> to shost->work_q, but this work is already pending, so it would be lost.

> Finally, libsas delete the related sas port and sas devices, but LLDD driver

> expect libsas add the sas port and devices(last sas event).

> 

> This patch remove the static defined hotplug work, and use dynamic work to

> avoid missing hotplug events.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Yijing Wang <wangyijing@huawei.com>

> Signed-off-by: Yousong He <heyousong@huawei.com>

> Signed-off-by: Qilin Chen <chenqilin2@huawei.com>

> ---


[...]

>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>  {

> +	struct sas_ha_event *ev;

> +

>  	BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>  

> -	sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

> -			&sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

> +	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

> +	if (!ev)

> +		return;

GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we
don't report the error back to the caller.



> index 64e9cdd..c227a8b 100644

> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c

> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c

> @@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ void sas_hash_addr(u8 *hashed, const u8 *sas_addr)

>  

>  void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work)

>  {

> -	struct sas_ha_event *ev = to_sas_ha_event(work);

> -	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = ev->ha;

> -

> -	clear_bit(HAE_RESET, &ha->pending);

>  }


I don't really get why you need a stubbed out sas_hae_reset(). Can't we
just kill it if it doesn't have anything left to do?


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wangyijing June 14, 2017, 9:04 a.m. UTC | #2
>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>  {

>> +	struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>> +

>>  	BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>  

>> -	sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>> -			&sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>> +	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>> +	if (!ev)

>> +		return;

> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

> don't report the error back to the caller.

> 


Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

> 

> 

>> index 64e9cdd..c227a8b 100644

>> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c

>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c

>> @@ -111,10 +111,6 @@ void sas_hash_addr(u8 *hashed, const u8 *sas_addr)

>>  

>>  void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work)

>>  {

>> -	struct sas_ha_event *ev = to_sas_ha_event(work);

>> -	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = ev->ha;

>> -

>> -	clear_bit(HAE_RESET, &ha->pending);

>>  }

> 

> I don't really get why you need a stubbed out sas_hae_reset(). Can't we

> just kill it if it doesn't have anything left to do?


I have no idea about this function history, I agree clean it out.

> 

>
Johannes Thumshirn June 14, 2017, 9:18 a.m. UTC | #3
On 06/14/2017 11:04 AM, wangyijing wrote:
>>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>>  {

>>> +	struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>>> +

>>>  	BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>>  

>>> -	sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>>> -			&sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>>> +	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>>> +	if (!ev)

>>> +		return;

>> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

>> don't report the error back to the caller.

>>

> 

> Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?


Something like this?


-- 
Johannes Thumshirn                                          Storage
jthumshirn@suse.de                                +49 911 74053 689
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GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton
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b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
index d622db502ec9..27cd7307d308 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c
@@ -894,7 +894,11 @@ static int hisi_sas_controller_reset(struct
hisi_hba *hisi_hba)
                hisi_sas_release_tasks(hisi_hba);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hisi_hba->lock, flags);

-               sas_ha->notify_ha_event(sas_ha, HAE_RESET);
+               rc = sas_ha->notify_ha_event(sas_ha, HAE_RESET);
+               if (rc) {
+                       dev_warn(dev, "failed to queue HA event (%d)\n",
rc);
+                       goto out;
+               }
                dev_dbg(dev, "controller reset successful!\n");
        } else
                return -1;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
index aadbd5314c5c..6c91fb31f891 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void sas_enable_revalidation(struct sas_ha_struct *ha)
        mutex_unlock(&ha->disco_mutex);
 }

-static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event
event)
+static int notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event
event)
 {
        BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index dd0f72c95abe..5d9cd6d20855 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ struct sas_ha_struct {
                                * their siblings when forming wide ports */

        /* LLDD calls these to notify the class of an event. */
-       void (*notify_ha_event)(struct sas_ha_struct *, enum ha_event);
+       int (*notify_ha_event)(struct sas_ha_struct *, enum ha_event);
        void (*notify_port_event)(struct asd_sas_phy *, enum port_event);
        void (*notify_phy_event)(struct asd_sas_phy *, enum phy_event);


wangyijing June 14, 2017, 9:28 a.m. UTC | #4
在 2017/6/14 17:18, Johannes Thumshirn 写道:
> On 06/14/2017 11:04 AM, wangyijing wrote:

>>>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>>>  {

>>>> +	struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>>>> +

>>>>  	BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>>>  

>>>> -	sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>>>> -			&sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>>>> +	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>>>> +	if (!ev)

>>>> +		return;

>>> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

>>> don't report the error back to the caller.

>>>

>>

>> Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

> 

> Something like this?

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c

> b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c

> index d622db502ec9..27cd7307d308 100644

> --- a/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c

> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hisi_sas/hisi_sas_main.c

> @@ -894,7 +894,11 @@ static int hisi_sas_controller_reset(struct

> hisi_hba *hisi_hba)

>                 hisi_sas_release_tasks(hisi_hba);

>                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hisi_hba->lock, flags);

> 

> -               sas_ha->notify_ha_event(sas_ha, HAE_RESET);

> +               rc = sas_ha->notify_ha_event(sas_ha, HAE_RESET);

> +               if (rc) {

> +                       dev_warn(dev, "failed to queue HA event (%d)\n",

> rc);

> +                       goto out;

> +               }

>                 dev_dbg(dev, "controller reset successful!\n");

>         } else

>                 return -1;

> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c

> b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c

> index aadbd5314c5c..6c91fb31f891 100644

> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c

> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c

> @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void sas_enable_revalidation(struct sas_ha_struct *ha)

>         mutex_unlock(&ha->disco_mutex);

>  }

> 

> -static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event

> event)

> +static int notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event

> event)

>  {

>         BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

> 

> diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h

> index dd0f72c95abe..5d9cd6d20855 100644

> --- a/include/scsi/libsas.h

> +++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h

> @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ struct sas_ha_struct {

>                                 * their siblings when forming wide ports */

> 

>         /* LLDD calls these to notify the class of an event. */

> -       void (*notify_ha_event)(struct sas_ha_struct *, enum ha_event);

> +       int (*notify_ha_event)(struct sas_ha_struct *, enum ha_event);

>         void (*notify_port_event)(struct asd_sas_phy *, enum port_event);

>         void (*notify_phy_event)(struct asd_sas_phy *, enum phy_event);


This make sense, return a fail status and report it to the callers.


> 

>
wangyijing June 15, 2017, 7:37 a.m. UTC | #5
在 2017/6/14 21:08, John Garry 写道:
> On 14/06/2017 10:04, wangyijing wrote:

>>>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>>> >>  {

>>>> >> +    struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>>>> >> +

>>>> >>      BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>>> >>

>>>> >> -    sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>>>> >> -            &sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>>>> >> +    ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>>>> >> +    if (!ev)

>>>> >> +        return;

>>> > GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

>>> > don't report the error back to the caller.

>>> >

>> Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

>>

> 

> Dan raised an issue with this approach, regarding a malfunctioning PHY which spews out events. I still don't think we're handling it safely. Here's the suggestion:

> - each asd_sas_phy owns a finite-sized pool of events

> - when the event pool becomes exhausted, libsas stops queuing events (obviously) and disables the PHY in the LLDD

> - upon attempting to re-enable the PHY from sysfs, libsas first checks that the pool is still not exhausted

> 

> If you cannot find a good solution, then let us know and we can help.


Hi John and Dan, what's event you found on malfunctioning PHY, if the event is PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD, since
every PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD libsas always call sas_revalidate_domain(), what about keeping a broadcast waiting(not queued in workqueue)
and discard others. If the event is other types, things may become knotty.


> 

> John

> 

> 

> .

>
John Garry June 15, 2017, 8 a.m. UTC | #6
On 15/06/2017 08:37, wangyijing wrote:
>

>

> 在 2017/6/14 21:08, John Garry 写道:

>> On 14/06/2017 10:04, wangyijing wrote:

>>>>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>>>>>>  {

>>>>>>> +    struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>>>>>>> +

>>>>>>>      BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> -    sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>>>>>>> -            &sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>>>>>>> +    ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>>>>>>> +    if (!ev)

>>>>>>> +        return;

>>>>> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

>>>>> don't report the error back to the caller.

>>>>>

>>> Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

>>>

>>

>> Dan raised an issue with this approach, regarding a malfunctioning PHY which spews out events. I still don't think we're handling it safely. Here's the suggestion:

>> - each asd_sas_phy owns a finite-sized pool of events

>> - when the event pool becomes exhausted, libsas stops queuing events (obviously) and disables the PHY in the LLDD

>> - upon attempting to re-enable the PHY from sysfs, libsas first checks that the pool is still not exhausted

>>

>> If you cannot find a good solution, then let us know and we can help.

>

> Hi John and Dan, what's event you found on malfunctioning PHY, if the event is PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD, since

> every PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD libsas always call sas_revalidate_domain(), what about keeping a broadcast waiting(not queued in workqueue)

> and discard others. If the event is other types, things may become knotty.

>


As I mentioned in the v1 series discussion, I found a poorly connected 
expander PHY was spewing out PHY up and loss of signal events 
continuously. This is the sort of situation we should protect against. 
Current solution is ok, as it uses a static event per port/PHY/HA.

The point is that we cannot allow a PHY to continuously send events to 
libsas, which may lead to memory exhaustion.

John

>

>>

>> John

>>

>>

>> .

>>

>

>

> .

>
wangyijing June 15, 2017, 8:21 a.m. UTC | #7
在 2017/6/15 16:00, John Garry 写道:
> On 15/06/2017 08:37, wangyijing wrote:

>>

>>

>> 在 2017/6/14 21:08, John Garry 写道:

>>> On 14/06/2017 10:04, wangyijing wrote:

>>>>>>  static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)

>>>>>>>>  {

>>>>>>>> +    struct sas_ha_event *ev;

>>>>>>>> +

>>>>>>>>      BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> -    sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,

>>>>>>>> -            &sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);

>>>>>>>> +    ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);

>>>>>>>> +    if (!ev)

>>>>>>>> +        return;

>>>>>> GFP_ATOMIC allocations can fail and then no events will be queued *and* we

>>>>>> don't report the error back to the caller.

>>>>>>

>>>> Yes, it's really a problem, but I don't find a better solution, do you have some suggestion ?

>>>>

>>>

>>> Dan raised an issue with this approach, regarding a malfunctioning PHY which spews out events. I still don't think we're handling it safely. Here's the suggestion:

>>> - each asd_sas_phy owns a finite-sized pool of events

>>> - when the event pool becomes exhausted, libsas stops queuing events (obviously) and disables the PHY in the LLDD

>>> - upon attempting to re-enable the PHY from sysfs, libsas first checks that the pool is still not exhausted

>>>

>>> If you cannot find a good solution, then let us know and we can help.

>>

>> Hi John and Dan, what's event you found on malfunctioning PHY, if the event is PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD, since

>> every PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD libsas always call sas_revalidate_domain(), what about keeping a broadcast waiting(not queued in workqueue)

>> and discard others. If the event is other types, things may become knotty.

>>

> 

> As I mentioned in the v1 series discussion, I found a poorly connected expander PHY was spewing out PHY up and loss of signal events continuously. This is the sort of situation we should protect against. Current solution is ok, as it uses a static event per port/PHY/HA.

> 

> The point is that we cannot allow a PHY to continuously send events to libsas, which may lead to memory exhaustion.


The current solution won't introduce memory exhaustion, but it's not ok, since the root of this issue is it may lost event which is normal.
If we cannot identify the abnormal PHY, I think your mem pool idea is a candidate solution.

> 

> John

> 

>>

>>>

>>> John

>>>

>>>

>>> .

>>>

>>

>>

>> .

>>

> 

> 

> 

> .

>
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diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
index aadbd53..06c5c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_event.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ 
 #include "sas_internal.h"
 #include "sas_dump.h"
 
+static const work_func_t sas_ha_event_fns[HA_NUM_EVENTS] = {
+	[HAE_RESET] = sas_hae_reset,
+};
+
 void sas_queue_work(struct sas_ha_struct *ha, struct sas_work *sw)
 {
 	if (!test_bit(SAS_HA_REGISTERED, &ha->state))
@@ -40,17 +44,14 @@  void sas_queue_work(struct sas_ha_struct *ha, struct sas_work *sw)
 		scsi_queue_work(ha->core.shost, &sw->work);
 }
 
-static void sas_queue_event(int event, unsigned long *pending,
-			    struct sas_work *work,
+static void sas_queue_event(int event, struct sas_work *work,
 			    struct sas_ha_struct *ha)
 {
-	if (!test_and_set_bit(event, pending)) {
-		unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->lock, flags);
-		sas_queue_work(ha, work);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->lock, flags);
-	}
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->lock, flags);
+	sas_queue_work(ha, work);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ha->lock, flags);
 }
 
 
@@ -111,52 +112,87 @@  void sas_enable_revalidation(struct sas_ha_struct *ha)
 		if (!test_and_clear_bit(ev, &d->pending))
 			continue;
 
-		sas_queue_event(ev, &d->pending, &d->disc_work[ev].work, ha);
+		sas_queue_event(ev, &d->disc_work[ev].work, ha);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&ha->disco_mutex);
 }
 
+static void sas_ha_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct sas_ha_event *ev = to_sas_ha_event(work);
+
+	sas_ha_event_fns[ev->type](work);
+	kfree(ev);
+}
+
+static void sas_port_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
+
+	sas_port_event_fns[ev->type](work);
+	kfree(ev);
+}
+
+static void sas_phy_event_worker(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
+
+	sas_phy_event_fns[ev->type](work);
+	kfree(ev);
+}
+
 static void notify_ha_event(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha, enum ha_event event)
 {
+	struct sas_ha_event *ev;
+
 	BUG_ON(event >= HA_NUM_EVENTS);
 
-	sas_queue_event(event, &sas_ha->pending,
-			&sas_ha->ha_events[event].work, sas_ha);
+	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!ev)
+		return;
+
+	INIT_SAS_WORK(&ev->work, sas_ha_event_worker);
+	ev->ha = sas_ha;
+	ev->type = event;
+	sas_queue_event(event, &ev->work, sas_ha);
 }
 
 static void notify_port_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum port_event event)
 {
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = phy->ha;
 
 	BUG_ON(event >= PORT_NUM_EVENTS);
 
-	sas_queue_event(event, &phy->port_events_pending,
-			&phy->port_events[event].work, ha);
+	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!ev)
+		return;
+
+	INIT_SAS_WORK(&ev->work, sas_port_event_worker);
+	ev->phy = phy;
+	ev->type = event;
+	sas_queue_event(event, &ev->work, ha);
 }
 
 void sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event)
 {
+	struct asd_sas_event *ev;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = phy->ha;
 
 	BUG_ON(event >= PHY_NUM_EVENTS);
 
-	sas_queue_event(event, &phy->phy_events_pending,
-			&phy->phy_events[event].work, ha);
+	ev = kzalloc(sizeof(*ev), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!ev)
+		return;
+
+	INIT_SAS_WORK(&ev->work, sas_phy_event_worker);
+	ev->phy = phy;
+	ev->type = event;
+	sas_queue_event(event, &ev->work, ha);
 }
 
 int sas_init_events(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha)
 {
-	static const work_func_t sas_ha_event_fns[HA_NUM_EVENTS] = {
-		[HAE_RESET] = sas_hae_reset,
-	};
-
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < HA_NUM_EVENTS; i++) {
-		INIT_SAS_WORK(&sas_ha->ha_events[i].work, sas_ha_event_fns[i]);
-		sas_ha->ha_events[i].ha = sas_ha;
-	}
-
 	sas_ha->notify_ha_event = notify_ha_event;
 	sas_ha->notify_port_event = notify_port_event;
 	sas_ha->notify_phy_event = sas_notify_phy_event;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
index 64e9cdd..c227a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_init.c
@@ -111,10 +111,6 @@  void sas_hash_addr(u8 *hashed, const u8 *sas_addr)
 
 void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct sas_ha_event *ev = to_sas_ha_event(work);
-	struct sas_ha_struct *ha = ev->ha;
-
-	clear_bit(HAE_RESET, &ha->pending);
 }
 
 int sas_register_ha(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha)
@@ -375,8 +371,6 @@  void sas_prep_resume_ha(struct sas_ha_struct *ha)
 		struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ha->sas_phy[i];
 
 		memset(phy->attached_sas_addr, 0, SAS_ADDR_SIZE);
-		phy->port_events_pending = 0;
-		phy->phy_events_pending = 0;
 		phy->frame_rcvd_size = 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
index b306b78..33ce7e5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@  void sas_hae_reset(struct work_struct *work);
 
 void sas_free_device(struct kref *kref);
 
+extern const work_func_t sas_phy_event_fns[PHY_NUM_EVENTS];
+extern const work_func_t sas_port_event_fns[PORT_NUM_EVENTS];
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCSI_SAS_HOST_SMP
 extern int sas_smp_host_handler(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct request *req,
 				struct request *rsp);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_phy.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_phy.c
index cdee446c..7c4576d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_phy.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@  static void sas_phye_loss_of_signal(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PHYE_LOSS_OF_SIGNAL, &phy->phy_events_pending);
 	phy->error = 0;
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 }
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@  static void sas_phye_oob_done(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PHYE_OOB_DONE, &phy->phy_events_pending);
 	phy->error = 0;
 }
 
@@ -58,8 +56,6 @@  static void sas_phye_oob_error(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct sas_internal *i =
 		to_sas_internal(sas_ha->core.shost->transportt);
 
-	clear_bit(PHYE_OOB_ERROR, &phy->phy_events_pending);
-
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 
 	if (!port && phy->enabled && i->dft->lldd_control_phy) {
@@ -88,8 +84,6 @@  static void sas_phye_spinup_hold(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct sas_internal *i =
 		to_sas_internal(sas_ha->core.shost->transportt);
 
-	clear_bit(PHYE_SPINUP_HOLD, &phy->phy_events_pending);
-
 	phy->error = 0;
 	i->dft->lldd_control_phy(phy, PHY_FUNC_RELEASE_SPINUP_HOLD, NULL);
 }
@@ -99,8 +93,6 @@  static void sas_phye_resume_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PHYE_RESUME_TIMEOUT, &phy->phy_events_pending);
-
 	/* phew, lldd got the phy back in the nick of time */
 	if (!phy->suspended) {
 		dev_info(&phy->phy->dev, "resume timeout cancelled\n");
@@ -112,46 +104,18 @@  static void sas_phye_resume_timeout(struct work_struct *work)
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 }
 
-
 /* ---------- Phy class registration ---------- */
 
 int sas_register_phys(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	static const work_func_t sas_phy_event_fns[PHY_NUM_EVENTS] = {
-		[PHYE_LOSS_OF_SIGNAL] = sas_phye_loss_of_signal,
-		[PHYE_OOB_DONE] = sas_phye_oob_done,
-		[PHYE_OOB_ERROR] = sas_phye_oob_error,
-		[PHYE_SPINUP_HOLD] = sas_phye_spinup_hold,
-		[PHYE_RESUME_TIMEOUT] = sas_phye_resume_timeout,
-
-	};
-
-	static const work_func_t sas_port_event_fns[PORT_NUM_EVENTS] = {
-		[PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] = sas_porte_bytes_dmaed,
-		[PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD] = sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd,
-		[PORTE_LINK_RESET_ERR] = sas_porte_link_reset_err,
-		[PORTE_TIMER_EVENT] = sas_porte_timer_event,
-		[PORTE_HARD_RESET] = sas_porte_hard_reset,
-	};
-
 	/* Now register the phys. */
 	for (i = 0; i < sas_ha->num_phys; i++) {
-		int k;
 		struct asd_sas_phy *phy = sas_ha->sas_phy[i];
 
 		phy->error = 0;
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phy->port_phy_el);
-		for (k = 0; k < PORT_NUM_EVENTS; k++) {
-			INIT_SAS_WORK(&phy->port_events[k].work, sas_port_event_fns[k]);
-			phy->port_events[k].phy = phy;
-		}
-
-		for (k = 0; k < PHY_NUM_EVENTS; k++) {
-			INIT_SAS_WORK(&phy->phy_events[k].work, sas_phy_event_fns[k]);
-			phy->phy_events[k].phy = phy;
-		}
 
 		phy->port = NULL;
 		phy->ha = sas_ha;
@@ -179,3 +143,12 @@  int sas_register_phys(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+const work_func_t sas_phy_event_fns[PHY_NUM_EVENTS] = {
+	[PHYE_LOSS_OF_SIGNAL] = sas_phye_loss_of_signal,
+	[PHYE_OOB_DONE] = sas_phye_oob_done,
+	[PHYE_OOB_ERROR] = sas_phye_oob_error,
+	[PHYE_SPINUP_HOLD] = sas_phye_spinup_hold,
+	[PHYE_RESUME_TIMEOUT] = sas_phye_resume_timeout,
+
+};
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
index d3c5297..9326628 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_port.c
@@ -261,8 +261,6 @@  void sas_porte_bytes_dmaed(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PORTE_BYTES_DMAED, &phy->port_events_pending);
-
 	sas_form_port(phy);
 }
 
@@ -273,8 +271,6 @@  void sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd(struct work_struct *work)
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u32 prim;
 
-	clear_bit(PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD, &phy->port_events_pending);
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phy->sas_prim_lock, flags);
 	prim = phy->sas_prim;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&phy->sas_prim_lock, flags);
@@ -288,8 +284,6 @@  void sas_porte_link_reset_err(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PORTE_LINK_RESET_ERR, &phy->port_events_pending);
-
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 }
 
@@ -298,8 +292,6 @@  void sas_porte_timer_event(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PORTE_TIMER_EVENT, &phy->port_events_pending);
-
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 }
 
@@ -308,8 +300,6 @@  void sas_porte_hard_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct asd_sas_event *ev = to_asd_sas_event(work);
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy = ev->phy;
 
-	clear_bit(PORTE_HARD_RESET, &phy->port_events_pending);
-
 	sas_deform_port(phy, 1);
 }
 
@@ -353,3 +343,11 @@  void sas_unregister_ports(struct sas_ha_struct *sas_ha)
 			sas_deform_port(sas_ha->sas_phy[i], 0);
 
 }
+
+const work_func_t sas_port_event_fns[PORT_NUM_EVENTS] = {
+	[PORTE_BYTES_DMAED] = sas_porte_bytes_dmaed,
+	[PORTE_BROADCAST_RCVD] = sas_porte_broadcast_rcvd,
+	[PORTE_LINK_RESET_ERR] = sas_porte_link_reset_err,
+	[PORTE_TIMER_EVENT] = sas_porte_timer_event,
+	[PORTE_HARD_RESET] = sas_porte_hard_reset,
+};
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index dd0f72c..e6ebad0 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@  struct asd_sas_port {
 struct asd_sas_event {
 	struct sas_work work;
 	struct asd_sas_phy *phy;
+	int type;
 };
 
 static inline struct asd_sas_event *to_asd_sas_event(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -314,11 +315,6 @@  static inline struct asd_sas_event *to_asd_sas_event(struct work_struct *work)
  */
 struct asd_sas_phy {
 /* private: */
-	struct asd_sas_event   port_events[PORT_NUM_EVENTS];
-	struct asd_sas_event   phy_events[PHY_NUM_EVENTS];
-
-	unsigned long port_events_pending;
-	unsigned long phy_events_pending;
 
 	int error;
 	int suspended;
@@ -365,6 +361,7 @@  struct scsi_core {
 struct sas_ha_event {
 	struct sas_work work;
 	struct sas_ha_struct *ha;
+	int type;
 };
 
 static inline struct sas_ha_event *to_sas_ha_event(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -383,9 +380,6 @@  enum sas_ha_state {
 
 struct sas_ha_struct {
 /* private: */
-	struct sas_ha_event ha_events[HA_NUM_EVENTS];
-	unsigned long	 pending;
-
 	struct list_head  defer_q; /* work queued while draining */
 	struct mutex	  drain_mutex;
 	unsigned long	  state;