Re: [PATCH v3 37/77] ncr5380: Standardize work queueing algorithm

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 12/22/2015 02:18 AM, Finn Thain wrote:
> The complex main_running/queue_main mechanism is peculiar to
> atari_NCR5380.c. It isn't SMP safe and offers little value given that
> the work queue already offers concurrency management. Remove this
> complexity to bring atari_NCR5380.c closer to NCR5380.c.
>
> It is not a good idea to call the information transfer state machine from
> queuecommand because, according to Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
> that could happen in soft irq context. Fix this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/NCR5380.h       |    1
>   drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c |   80 +++----------------------------------------
>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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