Removing the wrong comment. The lock is needed before calling new_tape_buffer(), at least in some cases. So the comment above new_tape_buffer() is inconsistent with the code and may mislead developers. I simply removed the wrong comment, as I am not sure if the lock is required in all situations. If so, we should add "Caller must hold os_scsi_tapes_lock". Signed-off-by: Lin Tan --- --- a/drivers/scsi/osst.c 2008-09-25 11:53:09.000000000 -0500 +++ b/drivers/scsi/osst.c 2008-09-25 11:59:46.000000000 -0500 @@ -5209,7 +5209,7 @@ /* Memory handling routines */ -/* Try to allocate a new tape buffer skeleton. Caller must not hold os_scsi_tapes_lock */ +/* Try to allocate a new tape buffer skeleton. */ static struct osst_buffer * new_tape_buffer( int from_initialization, int need_dma, int max_sg ) { int i;