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To: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] scsi: core: Drop Scsi_Host.default_lock
From: "Martin K. Petersen (Oracle)" <mkp@kernel.org>
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John,

> Back in the 2.6.xx days, it was possible to for low-level drivers to
> set the shost lock pointer. That is why there is a default lock and a
> pointer to the shost lock.

Applied to 7.4/scsi-staging, thanks!

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Martin K. Petersen