Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: SCSI spinup. | Date | Thu, 2 Dec 1999 01:19:19 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> locking stuff going on there. But I'd like to issue the spinup from > rw_intr, so the semaphores are out. Now is it safe to issue a cmd from > rw_intr without any further locks held or which looks would I have to > acquire? Or is it just a stupid thing to do anyway?
I think you need to catch any spinups at the point the read/write is about to be issued, or on an error return.
I've just merged Eric Youngdales changes to the scsi mlq into my 2.3.x "suicide build" to see how they work out so things are about to all change
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