Re: [GIT PULL] SCSI queuecommand API change for 2.6.37-rc1

From: Nicholas A. Bellinger
Date: Fri Nov 12 2010 - 19:43:27 EST


On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 17:55 -0600, James Bottomley wrote:
> This patch set contains a single patch modifying the SCSI queuecommand
> host template API to go from being called with the host lock held to
> being called locklessly. The transformation is a directly equivalent
> one (i.e. the locking is simply pushed into each HBA) but will form the
> basis for optimising locking in the driver patch for the next merge
> window.
>
> The patch is available here:
>
> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-rc-fixes-2.6.git
>
> The short changelog is:
>
> Jeff Garzik (1):
> host lock push-down
>

Hi James and Co,

Please feel free to add my review signoff for jgarzik's work.

Thanks!

Reviewed-off-by: Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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