Re: scsi_reset requirement questions

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:53:30 +0100 (BST)

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> > Is the io_request lock held for this case since it will be held calling
> > old_scsi_done() ? It isnt held for the other cases of reset.
>
> It is held, and it is held in all other cases as well. The other cases all
> originate from SCSI timeouts, check the function old_scsi_timesout() and
> you'll see we grab the spinlock in there before we call the abort or reset
> routines.

Oh dear. Then we have a _lot_ of broken for SMP scsi drivers.

Alan

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