linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm8001: Initialize devices in pm8001_alloc

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Message-ID: <yq1v7x5891p.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:18:09 -0400
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: TJ Adams <tadamsjr@...gle.com>
Cc: Jack Wang <jinpu.wang@...ud.ionos.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley"
 <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
 <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: pm8001: Initialize devices in pm8001_alloc_dev()


TJ,

> Devices can be allocated and freed at runtime. For example during a
> soft reset all devices are freed and reallocated upon discovery.
>
> Currently driver fully initializes devices once in pm8001_alloc().
> This commit allows initialization steps to happen during runtime,
> avoiding any leftover states from the device being freed.

Applied to 6.13/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering