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DateWed, 16 Jan 2002 08:12:41 +0100
FromJens Axboe <>
SubjectRe: linux 2.5 and ppa.c
On Tue, Jan 15 2002, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> John Weber <weber@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is one of those drivers still broken due to 
> > the BIO changes (it still calls io_request_lock()).
> >
> > Unfortunately, I only know enough to
> > s/io_request_lock/host->host_lock/g.
> > 
> > I am afraid this requires a little more than this.
> 
> John,
> The ppa_detect() must _not_ take the host_lock semaphore
> as it is already taken by the mid level before it calls
> ppa_detect(). [This will cause a lock up on an SMP
> machine.]

Not true in 2.5, detect is called without any locks held.

> The ppa_interrupt() should take the host_lock semaphore
> before it calls scsi_done() (which calls up the scsi
> driver stack).

True

-- 
Jens Axboe

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