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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:54:58 +0100 From: Pierre Ossman <drzeus-list@...eus.cx> To: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com> CC: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: How to cleanly shut down a block device Jens Axboe wrote: > SCSI just sets ->queuedata to NULL, if you store your device there you > may do just that. Or just mark your device structure appropriately, > there are no special places in the queue for that. > > I've had another look at it, and I believe I have a solution. There is one assumption I need to verify though. After del_gendisk() and after I've flushed out any remaining requests, is it ok to kill off the queue? Someone might still have the disk open, so that would mean the queue is gone by the time gendisk's release function is called. Rgds -- -- Pierre Ossman Linux kernel, MMC maintainer http://www.kernel.org PulseAudio, core developer http://pulseaudio.org rdesktop, core developer http://www.rdesktop.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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