// Initialize the synchronization lock for kernel and LLD
        spin_lock_init(&adapter->lock);
-       adapter->host_lock = &adapter->lock;
-
 
        // Initialize the command queues: the list of free SCBs and the list
        // of pending SCBs.
        SCSIHOST2ADAP(host)     = (caddr_t)adapter;
        adapter->host           = host;
 
-       // export the parameters required by the mid-layer
-       scsi_assign_lock(host, adapter->host_lock);
-
        host->irq               = adapter->irq;
        host->unique_id         = adapter->unique_id;
        host->can_queue         = adapter->max_cmds;
        scp->scsi_done  = done;
        scp->result     = 0;
 
-       assert_spin_locked(adapter->host_lock);
-
-       spin_unlock(adapter->host_lock);
-
        /*
         * Allocate and build a SCB request
         * if_busy flag will be set if megaraid_mbox_build_cmd() command could
         * return 0 in that case, and we would do the callback right away.
         */
        if_busy = 0;
-       scb     = megaraid_mbox_build_cmd(adapter, scp, &if_busy);
-
-       if (scb) {
-               megaraid_mbox_runpendq(adapter, scb);
-       }
-
-       spin_lock(adapter->host_lock);
-
+       scb = megaraid_mbox_build_cmd(adapter, scp, &if_busy);
        if (!scb) {     // command already completed
                done(scp);
                return 0;
        }
 
+       megaraid_mbox_runpendq(adapter, scb);
        return if_busy;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * megaraid_mbox_build_cmd - transform the mid-layer scsi command to megaraid
  * firmware lingua
                megaraid_dealloc_scb(adapter, scb);
 
                // send the scsi packet back to kernel
-               spin_lock(adapter->host_lock);
                scp->scsi_done(scp);
-               spin_unlock(adapter->host_lock);
        }
 
        return;
  * aborted. All the commands issued to the F/W must complete.
  **/
 static int
-__megaraid_abort_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *scp)
+megaraid_abort_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *scp)
 {
        adapter_t               *adapter;
        mraid_device_t          *raid_dev;
        adapter         = SCP2ADAPTER(scp);
        raid_dev        = ADAP2RAIDDEV(adapter);
 
-       assert_spin_locked(adapter->host_lock);
-
        con_log(CL_ANN, (KERN_WARNING
                "megaraid: aborting-%ld cmd=%x <c=%d t=%d l=%d>\n",
                scp->serial_number, scp->cmnd[0], SCP2CHANNEL(scp),
        // traverse through the list of all SCB, since driver does not
        // maintain these SCBs on any list
        found = 0;
+       spin_lock_irq(&adapter->lock);
        for (i = 0; i < MBOX_MAX_SCSI_CMDS; i++) {
                scb = adapter->kscb_list + i;
 
                        }
                }
        }
+       spin_unlock_irq(&adapter->lock);
 
        if (!found) {
                con_log(CL_ANN, (KERN_WARNING
        return FAILED;
 }
 
-static int
-megaraid_abort_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *scp)
-{
-       adapter_t       *adapter;
-       int rc;
-
-       adapter         = SCP2ADAPTER(scp);
-
-       spin_lock_irq(adapter->host_lock);
-       rc = __megaraid_abort_handler(scp);
-       spin_unlock_irq(adapter->host_lock);
-
-       return rc;
-}
-
-
 /**
  * megaraid_reset_handler - device reset hadler for mailbox based driver
  * @scp                : reference command
  * host
  **/
 static int
-__megaraid_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *scp)
+megaraid_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *scp)
 {
        adapter_t       *adapter;
        scb_t           *scb;
        adapter         = SCP2ADAPTER(scp);
        raid_dev        = ADAP2RAIDDEV(adapter);
 
-       assert_spin_locked(adapter->host_lock);
-
-       con_log(CL_ANN, (KERN_WARNING "megaraid: reseting the host...\n"));
-
        // return failure if adapter is not responding
        if (raid_dev->hw_error) {
                con_log(CL_ANN, (KERN_NOTICE
                        adapter->outstanding_cmds, MBOX_RESET_WAIT));
        }
 
-       spin_unlock(adapter->host_lock);
-
        recovery_window = MBOX_RESET_WAIT + MBOX_RESET_EXT_WAIT;
 
        recovering = adapter->outstanding_cmds;
                msleep(1000);
        }
 
-       spin_lock(adapter->host_lock);
+       spin_lock(&adapter->lock);
 
        // If still outstanding commands, bail out
        if (adapter->outstanding_cmds) {
 
                raid_dev->hw_error = 1;
 
-               return FAILED;
+               rval = FAILED;
+               goto out;
        }
        else {
                con_log(CL_ANN, (KERN_NOTICE
 
 
        // If the controller supports clustering, reset reservations
-       if (!adapter->ha) return SUCCESS;
+       if (!adapter->ha) {
+               rval = SUCCESS;
+               goto out;
+       }
 
        // clear reservations if any
        raw_mbox[0] = CLUSTER_CMD;
                                "megaraid: reservation reset failed\n"));
        }
 
+ out:
+       spin_unlock_irq(&adapter->lock);
        return rval;
 }
 
-static int
-megaraid_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
-{
-       int rc;
-
-       spin_lock_irq(cmd->device->host->host_lock);
-       rc = __megaraid_reset_handler(cmd);
-       spin_unlock_irq(cmd->device->host->host_lock);
-
-       return rc;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * START: internal commands library
  *
        /*
         * Set the quiescent flag to stop issuing cmds to FW.
         */
-       spin_lock_irqsave(adapter->host_lock, flags);
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->lock, flags);
        adapter->quiescent++;
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(adapter->host_lock, flags);
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->lock, flags);
 
        /*
         * Wait till there are no more cmds outstanding at FW. Try for at most