linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: core: constify pointer to scsi_host

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Message-ID: <24bfb681-faec-3567-3089-9cd5ee182710@linaro.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:22:48 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Ewan D. Milne" <emilne@...hat.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>,
        Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        james.smart@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: core: constify pointer to scsi_host_template

On 25/04/2022 10:58, John Garry wrote:
> On 20/04/2022 08:03, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> The standard flow is:
>>>
>>> shost = scsi_host_alloc(sht, )
>>>
>>> // modify shost, like
>>> shost->cmd_per_lun = 5;
>>>
>>> scsi_add_host(shost)
>>>
>>> Is there some reason for which those two drivers can't follow that?
>> I think they should.  Method tables should not be mutable data.
>> .
> 
> Hi Krzysztof,
> 
> Do you have any interest in going further with your work and trying to 
> change all SCSI driver instances of scsi_host_template to be const? I am 
> not sure if it has been attempted before...

I can work on this, but what about the SCSI core modifying the template?
For example scsi_proc_hostdir_rm(): 'present' and 'proc_dir' members.
Where should they be stored? Should they be moved to the Scsi_Host?


Best regards,
Krzysztof