linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] Drop host_lock around LLD SHT->queuecommand() caller

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=QXj0Do_PDvFmu5v8Py_tm_uJdDh_PQu_96M2v@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:26:40 -0400
From:	Chetan Loke <chetanloke@...il.com>
To:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Cc:	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vasu Dev <vasu.dev@...ux.intel.com>,
	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>,
	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	James Smart <james.smart@...lex.com>,
	Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@...gic.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@....ntt.co.jp>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	Joe Eykholt <jeykholt@...co.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] Drop host_lock around LLD SHT->queuecommand() caller

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Nicholas A. Bellinger
<nab@...ux-iscsi.org> wrote:

> and LLDs have adopted over the years.  The changes involved here are really
> quite straight forward, but please note that none of this code has been tested
> with actual hardware yet, and is intended for generating comments for the relivent
> SCSI LLD driver maintainers and other interested folks.
>

NO. Why not try testing it w/ an abort storm first else we will
seriously end up screwing the filesystems....
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