Re: [PATCH v3 57/77] ncr5380: Use standard list data structure

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 12/22/2015 02:18 AM, Finn Thain wrote:
> The NCR5380 drivers have a home-spun linked list implementation for
> scsi_cmnd structs that uses cmd->host_scribble as a 'next' pointer. Adopt
> the standard list_head data structure and list operations instead. Remove
> the eh_abort_handler rather than convert it. Doing the conversion would
> only be churn because the existing EH handlers don't work and get replaced
> in a subsequent patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
>
> Changed since v2:
> - Fix NULL pointer dereference in NCR5380_reselect() when SUPPORT_TAGS is
>    enabled in the atari_NCR5380.c core driver.
Well, using ->host_scribble allows for an easy check on the midlayer if 
a command has been properly released by the LLDD. But that's just a 
side-note.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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