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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/14] scsi: only maintain target_blocked if the driver has a target queue limit
On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 01:19:41PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> host_not_ready:
>> - atomic_dec(&scsi_target(sdev)->target_busy);
>> + if (scsi_target(sdev)->can_queue > 0)
>> + atomic_dec(&scsi_target(sdev)->target_busy);
>> not_ready:
>> /*
>> * lock q, handle tag, requeue req, and decrement device_busy. We
>>
> Hmm. 'can_queue' can be changed by the LLDD. Don't we need some sort of
> synchronization here?

While a few drivers change the host can_queue value at runtime none
do for the target. While I don't think driver should even change the
host one even modification to the target one is perfectly fine as long
as no driver drops it to zero.



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