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From: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: loody <miloody-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: Some question about usb scsi storage driver
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 17:47:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53B6CC90.4070805@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANudz+sXH55BJDWf3zy18ERixQWDnqtfv7GHmHPsqqJG9EGyxg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>



On 07/04/2014 04:44 PM, loody wrote:
> 
> 2. at the end of sd.c -> sd_probe, why we call async_schedule_domain like below
>       async_schedule_domain(sd_probe_async, sdkp, &scsi_sd_probe_domain);
>     to finish scsi device initialization?
>     Couldn't we put what sd_probe_async directly in sd_probe?
>     is there any benefit to do so?

A possible explanation may be that sd_probe_async() calls sd_spinup_disk(), this function spins up the drive and
may block for some seconds, so it is better to do that asynchronously.

Regards,
Maurizio Lombardi
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-07-04 15:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-07-04 14:44 Some question about usb scsi storage driver loody
     [not found] ` <CANudz+sXH55BJDWf3zy18ERixQWDnqtfv7GHmHPsqqJG9EGyxg-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-07-04 15:47   ` Maurizio Lombardi [this message]
2014-07-04 16:35   ` Alan Stern

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