[PATCH] Add a 'wait-scan' command to /proc/scsi/scsi.

Bill Nottingham
2009-03-25T19:01:08Z

scsi_wait_scan.ko is a bad interface for a variety of reasons:
- once you load it, it stays in memory doing nothing
- if you need to call it again, you first need to check for the module
and unload it first
- waiting for scsi scans shouldn't require module loading privleges in
any case

This creates a simpler interface that doesn't require as much
scaffolding in userspace.

Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c
index 82f7b2d..c9f9e0c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ static ssize_t proc_scsi_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
lun = simple_strtoul(p + 1, &p, 0);

err = scsi_remove_single_device(host, channel, id, lun);
+ } else if (!strncmp("scsi wait-scan", buffer, 14)) {
+ err = scsi_complete_async_scans();
}

/*
--
1.6.2