Configuring core drivers using macros like this one prevents re-unifying the core driver forks, and prevents implementing the core driver as a library or a platform driver. The UNSAFE macro in particular is a poor workaround for the problem of interrupt latency. Releasing the locks complicates things because then we would have to handle the possibility of EH handler invocation during a PDMA transfer. The comments say that instead of using this macro, "you're going to be better off twiddling with transfersize". I agree. Remove this stuff. Signed-off-by: Finn Thain --- drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c | 15 --------------- drivers/scsi/dtc.c | 2 -- drivers/scsi/pas16.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 18 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c 2015-12-06 12:30:26.000000000 +1100 +++ linux/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c 2015-12-06 12:30:29.000000000 +1100 @@ -195,12 +195,6 @@ * rely on phase mismatch and EOP interrupts to determine end * of phase. * - * UNSAFE - leave interrupts enabled during pseudo-DMA transfers. You - * only really want to use this if you're having a problem with - * dropped characters during high speed communications, and even - * then, you're going to be better off twiddling with transfersize - * in the high level code. - * * Defaults for these will be provided although the user may want to adjust * these to allocate CPU resources to the SCSI driver or "real" code. * @@ -554,9 +548,6 @@ static void prepare_info(struct Scsi_Hos #ifdef PSEUDO_DMA "PSEUDO_DMA " #endif -#ifdef UNSAFE - "UNSAFE " -#endif ""); } @@ -1577,9 +1568,6 @@ static int NCR5380_transfer_dma(struct S * before the setting of DMA mode to after transfer of the last byte. */ -#if defined(PSEUDO_DMA) && defined(UNSAFE) - spin_unlock_irq(instance->host_lock); -#endif /* KLL May need eop and parity in 53c400 */ if (hostdata->flags & FLAG_NCR53C400) NCR5380_write(MODE_REG, MR_BASE | MR_DMA_MODE | @@ -1788,9 +1776,6 @@ static int NCR5380_transfer_dma(struct S *data = d + c; *count = 0; *phase = NCR5380_read(STATUS_REG) & PHASE_MASK; -#if defined(PSEUDO_DMA) && defined(UNSAFE) - spin_lock_irq(instance->host_lock); -#endif /* defined(REAL_DMA_POLL) */ return foo; #endif /* def REAL_DMA */ } Index: linux/drivers/scsi/dtc.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/dtc.c 2015-12-06 12:30:02.000000000 +1100 +++ linux/drivers/scsi/dtc.c 2015-12-06 12:30:29.000000000 +1100 @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ - #define PSEUDO_DMA #define DONT_USE_INTR -#define UNSAFE /* Leave interrupts enabled during pseudo-dma I/O */ #define DMA_WORKS_RIGHT Index: linux/drivers/scsi/pas16.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/pas16.c 2015-12-06 12:29:51.000000000 +1100 +++ linux/drivers/scsi/pas16.c 2015-12-06 12:30:29.000000000 +1100 @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ #define PSEUDO_DMA -#define UNSAFE /* Not unsafe for PAS16 -- use it */ /* * This driver adapted from Drew Eckhardt's Trantor T128 driver -- 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/