Re: [RFC] exposing the sdev_target in sysfs

Matthew Wilcox
2004-09-06T01:58:40Z

On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 09:54:40AM -0400, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 00:48, Mike Christie wrote:
> > device_add calls kobject_add which can sleep.
>
> Yes, I'll move it outside the lock.
>
> I suppose I should add a comment somewhere about our critical dependence
> on sequential LUN scanning as well just in case someone tries to
> parallelise it.

sequential on a given bus, rather than globally, right? There's no
problem with scanning different busses simultanously, is there?

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