Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Untie the host lock entanglement - part 1
From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Mon Nov 04 2024 - 21:34:10 EST
On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:50:30 +0300, Avri Altman wrote:
> While trying to simplify the ufs core driver with the guard() macro [1],
> Bart made note of the abuse of the scsi host lock in the ufs driver.
> Indeed, the host lock is deeply entangled in various flows across the
> driver, as if it was some occasional default synchronization mean.
>
> Here is the first part of defusing it, remove some of those calls around
> host registers accesses, which needs no protection.
>
> [...]
Applied to 6.13/scsi-queue, thanks!
[1/3] scsi: ufs: core: Remove redundant host_lock calls around UTMRLDBR.
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/2b314e182caa
[2/3] scsi: ufs: core: Remove redundant host_lock calls around UTMRLCLR
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/5824e18b3db4
[3/3] scsi: ufs: core: Remove redundant host_lock calls around UTRLCLR.
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/2a330f16ad30
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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering