From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aaro Koskinen Subject: Re: [PATCH] sym53c8xx_2: slave_alloc/destroy safety (2.6.27.5) Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:57:39 +0200 Message-ID: <49648AA3.5070401@nokia.com> References: <49593940.9060102@cybernetics.com> <1230631843-16470-1-git-send-email-Aaro.Koskinen@nokia.com> <1230664572.18627.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4963861F.5090404@cybernetics.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.233]:36305 "EHLO mgw-mx06.nokia.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752210AbZAGK6m (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jan 2009 05:58:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4963861F.5090404@cybernetics.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: ext Tony Battersby Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, michaelc@cs.wisc.edu Hello, ext Tony Battersby wrote: > From the description of this patch, I assume that it is a cleanup > instead of a fix for an actual problem. Correspondingly, I don't have a > specific testcase that is improved by this patch. I also have not > analyzed the source to see what the patch is trying to do. However, the > current form of the patch passes testing as described above. You can try to do the following test with and without the patch: echo "scsi remove-single-device some_valid_address_with_a_target > /proc/scsi/scsi" Then do e.g. "resetdev" or "cleardev" to that target through the drivers /proc interface. A.