linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/7] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

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Message-Id: <1180133588.19517.18.camel@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 26 May 2007 08:53:08 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 5/7] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 21:40 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> 
> I used a kthread because the request function of a block device driver
> must be
> non-blocking, and ps3stor_read_write_sectors() calls
> wait_for_completion().

Which as I said before looks terribly sad... Why the heck would it have
to do that ?

Ben.


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