linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] libata: remove scsi host lock and serial number usage

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Date:	Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:15:54 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, James.Bottomley@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libata: remove scsi host lock and serial number usage

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
>
> Much better...  Just updated #upstream-fixes with the below patch.

Yes. This looks like a real improvement and actually gets rid of that
silly lock entirely. Good.

                       Linus
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