struct list_head                endp_list; /* for lport->endp_list */
        struct list_head                ctrl_list;
        struct list_head                ls_req_list;
+       struct list_head                disc_list;
        struct device                   *dev;   /* physical device for dma */
        struct nvme_fc_lport            *lport;
        spinlock_t                      lock;
  * These items are short-term. They will eventually be moved into
  * a generic FC class. See comments in module init.
  */
-static struct class *fc_class;
 static struct device *fc_udev_device;
 
 
        list_del(&rport->endp_list);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
 
+       WARN_ON(!list_empty(&rport->disc_list));
        ida_simple_remove(&lport->endp_cnt, rport->remoteport.port_num);
 
        kfree(rport);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newrec->endp_list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newrec->ctrl_list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newrec->ls_req_list);
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&newrec->disc_list);
        kref_init(&newrec->ref);
        atomic_set(&newrec->act_ctrl_cnt, 0);
        spin_lock_init(&newrec->lock);
        .create_ctrl    = nvme_fc_create_ctrl,
 };
 
+/* Arbitrary successive failures max. With lots of subsystems could be high */
+#define DISCOVERY_MAX_FAIL     20
+
+static ssize_t nvme_fc_nvme_discovery_store(struct device *dev,
+               struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+       unsigned long flags;
+       LIST_HEAD(local_disc_list);
+       struct nvme_fc_lport *lport;
+       struct nvme_fc_rport *rport;
+       int failcnt = 0;
+
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
+restart:
+       list_for_each_entry(lport, &nvme_fc_lport_list, port_list) {
+               list_for_each_entry(rport, &lport->endp_list, endp_list) {
+                       if (!nvme_fc_lport_get(lport))
+                               continue;
+                       if (!nvme_fc_rport_get(rport)) {
+                               /*
+                                * This is a temporary condition. Upon restart
+                                * this rport will be gone from the list.
+                                *
+                                * Revert the lport put and retry.  Anything
+                                * added to the list already will be skipped (as
+                                * they are no longer list_empty).  Loops should
+                                * resume at rports that were not yet seen.
+                                */
+                               nvme_fc_lport_put(lport);
+
+                               if (failcnt++ < DISCOVERY_MAX_FAIL)
+                                       goto restart;
+
+                               pr_err("nvme_discovery: too many reference "
+                                      "failures\n");
+                               goto process_local_list;
+                       }
+                       if (list_empty(&rport->disc_list))
+                               list_add_tail(&rport->disc_list,
+                                             &local_disc_list);
+               }
+       }
+
+process_local_list:
+       while (!list_empty(&local_disc_list)) {
+               rport = list_first_entry(&local_disc_list,
+                                        struct nvme_fc_rport, disc_list);
+               list_del_init(&rport->disc_list);
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
+
+               lport = rport->lport;
+               /* signal discovery. Won't hurt if it repeats */
+               nvme_fc_signal_discovery_scan(lport, rport);
+               nvme_fc_rport_put(rport);
+               nvme_fc_lport_put(lport);
+
+               spin_lock_irqsave(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
+       }
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
+
+       return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(nvme_discovery, 0200, NULL, nvme_fc_nvme_discovery_store);
+
+static struct attribute *nvme_fc_attrs[] = {
+       &dev_attr_nvme_discovery.attr,
+       NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group nvme_fc_attr_group = {
+       .attrs = nvme_fc_attrs,
+};
+
+static const struct attribute_group *nvme_fc_attr_groups[] = {
+       &nvme_fc_attr_group,
+       NULL
+};
+
+static struct class fc_class = {
+       .name = "fc",
+       .dev_groups = nvme_fc_attr_groups,
+       .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+};
+
 static int __init nvme_fc_init_module(void)
 {
        int ret;
         * put in place, this code will move to a more generic
         * location for the class.
         */
-       fc_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "fc");
-       if (IS_ERR(fc_class)) {
+       ret = class_register(&fc_class);
+       if (ret) {
                pr_err("couldn't register class fc\n");
-               return PTR_ERR(fc_class);
+               return ret;
        }
 
        /*
         * Create a device for the FC-centric udev events
         */
-       fc_udev_device = device_create(fc_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL,
+       fc_udev_device = device_create(&fc_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL,
                                "fc_udev_device");
        if (IS_ERR(fc_udev_device)) {
                pr_err("couldn't create fc_udev device!\n");
        return 0;
 
 out_destroy_device:
-       device_destroy(fc_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
+       device_destroy(&fc_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
 out_destroy_class:
-       class_destroy(fc_class);
+       class_unregister(&fc_class);
        return ret;
 }
 
        ida_destroy(&nvme_fc_local_port_cnt);
        ida_destroy(&nvme_fc_ctrl_cnt);
 
-       device_destroy(fc_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
-       class_destroy(fc_class);
+       device_destroy(&fc_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
+       class_unregister(&fc_class);
 }
 
 module_init(nvme_fc_init_module);