linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI IOCTL: Check for device deletion [was Re: __elv_add

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1105251638220.8972@ubuntu-natty>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 16:42:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com" 
	<James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux SCSI List <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI IOCTL: Check for device deletion [was Re:
 __elv_add_request OOPS]



On Wed, 25 May 2011, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com> wrote:
> >        SDEV_OFFLINE,           /* Device offlined (by error handling or
> >                                 * user request */
> 
> So how do you fix the error or online it again? No chance it should
> have commands passed to it to do that?

Yeah - that makes sense. By that logic, looks like we can only disallow 
for SDEV_DEL (if we decide to do that check here).

> I don't know. My point is that I don't see why we should look at the
> state at this point at all. We do that _later_.

If we can do it later, well and good. I just didn't think it would hurt to 
check upfront in ioctl if we are dealing with a dead device.

Parag