Re: [PATCH 2/3] wd719x: Introduce Western Digital WD7193/7197/7296 PCI SCSI card driver

[Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>]

On Monday 24 November 2014 14:15:47 Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 11/24/2014 01:11 PM, Ondrej Zary wrote:
> > Introduce wd719x, a driver for Western Digital WD7193, WD7197 and WD7296
> > PCI SCSI controllers based on WD33C296A chip.
> > Tested with WD7193 card.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Ondrej Zary <linux@rainbow-software.org>

[...]

> > +	result = wd719x_send_scb(scb);
> > +	if (result != DID_OK) {
> > +		dev_warn(&wd->pdev->dev, "can't queue SCB\n");
> > +		wd719x_finish_cmd(cmd, result);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	spin_unlock_irqrestore(wd->sh->host_lock, flags);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
>
> Why did you use 'wait_ready' here?
> Any sane HBA driver should set the queue depth parameters
> correctly to avoid this from happening.
> Wouldn't it be far better to just return HOST_BUSY here if
> the command register isn't free and submit the command
> directly otherwise?

It probably comes from the original driver. Will send a new version.

-- 
Ondrej Zary