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Message-ID: <52262C8F.30107@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:38:07 -0500 From: David Milburn <dmilburn@...hat.com> To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> CC: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Add SRSI support Asai Thambi S P wrote: > This patch add support for SRSI(Surprise Removal Surprise Insertion). > > Approach: > --------- > Surprise Removal: > ----------------- > On surprise removal of the device, gendisk, request queue, device index, sysfs > entries, etc are retained as long as device is in use - mounted filesystem, > device opened by an application, etc. The service thread breaks out of the main > while loop, waits for pci remove to exit, and then waits for device to become > free. When there no holders of the device, service thread cleans up the block > and device related stuff and returns. > > Surprise Insertion: > ------------------- > No change, this scenario follows the normal pci probe() function flow. > > Signed-off-by: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com> > --- > drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c | 453 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- > drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.h | 18 +- > 2 files changed, 289 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-) > Hi Jens, Will you be considering this patch for 3.12? Thanks, David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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