linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: sr: get rid of sr global mutex

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Message-ID: <yq1a75gmpsv.fsf@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:23:44 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Merlijn Wajer <merlijn@...zup.org>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Merlijn Wajer <merlijn@...hive.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: sr: get rid of sr global mutex


Merlijn,

> When replacing the Big Kernel Lock in commit
> 2a48fc0ab24241755dc93bfd4f01d68efab47f5a ("block: autoconvert trivial
> BKL users to private mutex"), the lock was replaced with a sr-wide
> lock.

Applied to 5.7/scsi-queue, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering