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Subject: Re: [PATCH, RESEND] Avoid that SCSI device removal through sysfs triggers a deadlock
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:47:02 -0400
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Bart,

> This patch avoids that self-removal triggers the following deadlock:

Somebody please review this so we can get it merged.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering