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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:40:31 -0400
From:   Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
To:     John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        bvanassche@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] scsi: scsi_debug: Change shost list lock to a
 mutex

On 2023-03-27 03:43, John Garry wrote:
> The shost list lock, sdebug_host_list_lock, is a spinlock. We would only
> lock in non-atomic context in this driver, so use a mutex instead, which
> is friendlier if we need to schedule when iterating.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com

Thanks.

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