Hi all, this is a modified patch of my earlier patch 'Restart scsi_device_lookup_by_target'. After discussions with Matthew Wilcox and James B. it turned out that it's actually better to skip deleted devices from __scsi_device_lookup_by_target(), leaving scsi_device_lookup_by_target() untouched. So here it goes. James, please apply. Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke zSeries & Storage hare@suse.de +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)