Re: [PATCH 0/8] Drop host_lock around LLD SHT->queuecommand() caller

["Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org>]

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 16:01 -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 15:35 -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> > From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
> > 
> > Greetings all,
> > 
> > This series contains the first round of a whole-sale conversion for droping
> > struct Scsi_Host->host_lock around struct Scsi_Host->queuecommand() within
> > scsi_dispatch_cmd().  So with this first patch the only part of scsi_dispatch_cmd()
> > that is protected by host_lock is scsi_cmd_get_serial)_.
> > 
> > The patches #2 -> #8 converts libiscsi, libsas, lpfc, qla4xxx, qla2xxx,
> > TCM_Loop, and libfc code to drop their own SHT->queuecommand() internal
> > host_lock unlock() + lock() optimization that certain high performance libs
> > and LLDs have adopted over the years.  The changes involved here are really
> > quite straight forward, but please note that none of this code has been tested
> > with actual hardware yet, and is intended for generating comments for the relivent
> > SCSI LLD driver maintainers and other interested folks.
> > 
> > There are probably still be more LLDs which use this optimization, so please
> > let me know if there is another piece of SHT->queuecommand() caller code that
> > does this legacy optimization and needs to be updated.  I will be sure to
> > CC the right driver maintainers and CC linux-scsi as I come across any more
> > conversions.
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> drivers/scsi/fnic needs the conversion as well..  Here is that patch;
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=3c886b2ab6faccbe2803094deb7a9647199e5118
> 

Ok, after doing some more digging the BusLogic and the ever important
libata SCSI glue code use the legacy host_lock unlock() -> do_work ->
lock() optimization as well.  Here are those patches (jgarzik CC'ed):

buslogic: Remove host_lock unlock() + lock() from BusLogic_QueueCommand()
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b465dfeb8e6950faa9c074681c72ca0a6c21276c

libata: Remove host_lock unlock() + lock() from ata_scsi_queuecmd()
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/nab/lio-core-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=29f2ded8876910d7eb84e4d270188de6f8a8c8ee

Thanks!

--nab