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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:38:08 -0800 From: "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org> To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI queuecommand API change for 2.6.37-rc1 On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 17:55 -0600, James Bottomley wrote: > This patch set contains a single patch modifying the SCSI queuecommand > host template API to go from being called with the host lock held to > being called locklessly. The transformation is a directly equivalent > one (i.e. the locking is simply pushed into each HBA) but will form the > basis for optimising locking in the driver patch for the next merge > window. > > The patch is available here: > > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git > > The short changelog is: > > Jeff Garzik (1): > host lock push-down > Hi James and Co, Please feel free to add my review signoff for jgarzik's work. Thanks! Reviewed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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