linux-kernel - Re: [patch 0/3] clean gendisk out of scsi ULD structs

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Message-ID: <468D6C17.8030006@torque.net>
Date:	Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:09:27 -0400
From:	Douglas Gilbert <dougg@...que.net>
To:	Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>
CC:	James.Bottomley@...elEye.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	jeff@...zik.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] clean gendisk out of scsi ULD structs

Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> Since gendisk will now become part of struct scsi_device, we don't need
> to store this value in any private data structs where they already store
> scsi_device.  This series cleans up a few drivers which did this.

Since a scsi_device object is usually a SCSI logical unit,
one wonders why it would contain a gendisk object. Logical
units aren't necessarily disks, they might be enclosures or
just place holders that respond to an INQUIRY (e.g. lun=0
when the enclosing target has other active lus whose lun!=0).

Doug Gilbert
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