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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Add SRSI support
Asai Thambi S P wrote:
> This patch add support for SRSI(Surprise Removal Surprise Insertion).
>
> Approach:
> ---------
> Surprise Removal:
> -----------------
> On surprise removal of the device, gendisk, request queue, device index, sysfs
> entries, etc are retained as long as device is in use - mounted filesystem,
> device opened by an application, etc. The service thread breaks out of the main
> while loop, waits for pci remove to exit, and then waits for device to become
> free. When there no holders of the device, service thread cleans up the block
> and device related stuff and returns.
>
> Surprise Insertion:
> -------------------
> No change, this scenario follows the normal pci probe() function flow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com>
> ---
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c | 453 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.h | 18 +-
> 2 files changed, 289 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-)
>

Hi Jens,

Will you be considering this patch for 3.12?

Thanks,
David


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