From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Cc: linux-scsi <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
James Bottomley <jbottomley@parallels.com>,
Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] Remove get_device() / put_device() pair from scsi_request_fn()
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:08:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121029020822.GI5171@htj.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <508A7C9B.5020800@acm.org>
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 02:05:47PM +0200, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Since all scsi_request_fn() callers hold a reference on the
Maybe s/Since/Now that/
> SCSI device that function is invoked for and since
> blk_cleanup_queue() waits until scsi_request_fn() has finished
> it is safe to remove the get_device() / put_device() pair from
> scsi_request_fn().
>
> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-29 2:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-26 12:00 [PATCH 0/7 v5] More device removal fixes Bart Van Assche
2012-10-26 12:01 ` [PATCH 1/7] block: Avoid that blk_drain_queue() finishes early Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 1:47 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-29 1:52 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-29 14:35 ` Bart Van Assche
2012-10-26 12:02 ` [PATCH 2/7] block: Let blk_drain_queue() caller obtain the queue lock Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 1:55 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-26 12:02 ` [PATCH 3/7] block: Rename queue dead flag Bart Van Assche
2012-10-26 12:03 ` [PATCH 4/7] block: Avoid that request_fn is invoked on a dead queue Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 1:59 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-26 12:04 ` [PATCH 5/7] block: Make blk_cleanup_queue() wait until request_fn finished Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 2:00 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-26 12:05 ` [PATCH 6/7] Fix race between starved list processing and device removal Bart Van Assche
2012-10-28 18:01 ` Zhuang, Jin Can
2012-10-29 14:32 ` Bart Van Assche
2012-10-30 5:40 ` Zhuang, Jin Can
2012-11-02 10:48 ` Bart Van Assche
2012-11-21 11:06 ` Bart Van Assche
[not found] ` <026701cdb8c3$d2e3cb50$78ab61f0$@min@lge.com>
2012-11-21 12:10 ` Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 2:07 ` Tejun Heo
2012-10-26 12:05 ` [PATCH 7/7] Remove get_device() / put_device() pair from scsi_request_fn() Bart Van Assche
2012-10-29 2:08 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2012-11-23 10:37 ` [PATCH 0/7 v5] More device removal fixes Bart Van Assche
2012-11-26 17:19 ` Bart Van Assche
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