Eliminate a get_device() / put_device() pair from scsi_next_command(). Both are atomic operations hence removing these slightly improves performance. [hch: slight changes due to different context] Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Acked-by: Hannes Reinecke Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig --- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index a6d5525..6866943 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -526,14 +526,9 @@ void scsi_next_command(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd) struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device; struct request_queue *q = sdev->request_queue; - /* need to hold a reference on the device before we let go of the cmd */ - get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); - scsi_put_command(cmd); - put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); scsi_run_queue(q); - /* ok to remove device now */ put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/