linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Re-use device management code fragments

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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 16:52:54 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>
Cc: "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, Bean
 Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] Re-use device management code fragments


Avri,

> Device management commands are constructed for query commands that are
> being issued by the driver, but also for raw device management
> commands originated by the bsg module, and recently, by the advanced
> rpmb handler. Thus, the same code fragments, e.g. locking, composing
> the command, composing the upiu etc., appear over and over. Remove
> those duplications. Theoretically, there should be no functional
> change.

Applied to 6.10/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering