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From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
To: Stanley Jhu <stanleyjhu@google.com>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <mkp@kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	syzbot+1f678bd2872aefb11d8a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: core: Make SCSI host scan interruptible
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:19:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3351cd2-b788-417f-8942-ad85e6998be4@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18d5f6f60e9c36fd.3137322e31362e3131332e313435.397753.0000sendgmr@google.com>

On 9/16/26 6:19 PM, Stanley Jhu wrote:
> Both issues arise because signal_pending(current) cannot distinguish a
> user-initiated rescan from driver probe enumeration. Would passing an
> explicit flag or scan mode from user-initiated entry points
> (store_scan() and procfs) be cleaner than inspecting current?

I'm waiting for others (long-time SCSI contributors) to comment on
whether or not they agree with making SCSI scanning interruptible.

Thanks,

Bart.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18 22:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-11 20:11 [PATCH] scsi: core: Make SCSI host scan interruptible Bart Van Assche
2026-09-11 20:23 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-11 21:18   ` Bart Van Assche
2026-09-17  1:19 ` Stanley Jhu
2026-09-18 22:19   ` Bart Van Assche [this message]
2026-09-21  8:50 ` John Garry

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