From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>
To: "N.C.Krishna Murthy" <krmurthy@cisco.com>
Cc: SCSI -DEVELOPERS <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: two SCSI HBAs having same host no in Linux 2.4 kernel
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:46:19 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040317144619.GG25059@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200403171940.23006.krmurthy@cisco.com>
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:40:23PM +0530, N.C.Krishna Murthy wrote:
> In case of drivers which do not support new_eh_code, 'detect' is called
> without any locks. Is this SMP safe?
... why aren't you using the new_eh_code?
I suspect the answer is that this is part of the transition; that old
drivers were expected to have their own lock inside ->detect and new
ones don't. But I wasn't around for that, so I'm not sure.
--
"Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon
the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those
conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse
to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep
he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-03-17 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-03-17 14:10 two SCSI HBAs having same host no in Linux 2.4 kernel N.C.Krishna Murthy
2004-03-17 14:46 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2004-03-17 14:48 ` N.C.Krishna Murthy
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