linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Untie the host lock entanglement

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Message-ID: <yq1ldwvqpt0.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:13:58 -0500
From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To: Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>
Cc: "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bart Van
 Assche <bvanassche@....org>, Bean Huo <beanhuo@...ron.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Untie the host lock entanglement - part 2


Avri,

> Here is the 2nd part in the sequel, watering down the scsi host lock
> usage in the ufs driver. This work is motivated by a comment made by
> Bart [1], of the abuse of the scsi host lock in the ufs driver. Its
> Precursor [2] removed the host lock around some of the host register
> accesses.
>
> This part replaces the scsi host lock by dedicated locks serializing
> access to the clock gating and clock scaling members.

Applied to 6.14/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering