linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] fix / cleanup async scsi scanning

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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 20:22:39 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	mroos@...ux.ee, JBottomley@...allels.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] fix / cleanup async scsi scanning

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:21:25AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> Commit a7a20d10 "[SCSI] sd: limit the scope of the async probe domain"
> introduces a boot regression by moving sd probe work off of the global
> async queue.  Using a local async domain hides the probe work from being
> synchronized by wait_for_device_probe()->async_synchronize_full().
> 
> Fix this by teaching async_synchronize_full() to flush all async work
> regardless of domain, and take the opportunity to convert scsi scanning
> to async_schedule().  This enables wait_for_device_probe() to flush scsi
> scanning work.

Looks like those fix a similar boot issue I reported earlier:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=133839683405526&w=2

Should I give them a run or are they still in review?

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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