linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI queuecommand API change for 2.6.37-rc1

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Message-Id: <1289608688.22107.9.camel@haakon2.linux-iscsi.org>
Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:38:08 -0800
From:	"Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI queuecommand API change for 2.6.37-rc1

On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 17:55 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> This patch set contains a single patch modifying the SCSI queuecommand
> host template API to go from being called with the host lock held to
> being called locklessly.  The transformation is a directly equivalent
> one (i.e. the locking is simply pushed into each HBA) but will form the
> basis for optimising locking in the driver patch for the next merge
> window.
> 
> The patch is available here:
> 
> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git
> 
> The short changelog is:
> 
> Jeff Garzik (1):
>       host lock push-down
> 

Hi James and Co,

Please feel free to add my review signoff for jgarzik's work.

Thanks!

Reviewed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>

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