--- Luben Tuikov <luben_tuikov@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> --- James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > However, there is an infrastructure in the block layer called the
> > generic tag infrastructure which was designed precisely for this purpose
> > and which is designed to operate in IRQ context.
>
> James, I'm sure you're well aware that,
> - a request_queue is LU-bound,
> - a SCSI _transport_ (*ANY*) can _only_ address domain devices, but
> _not_ LUs. LUs are *not* seen on the domain.
Another thing very important to mention is that the layering
infrastructure should _not_ be broken, whereby LLDD are required
to use block layer tags.
First, there may not be one to one correspondence accross layers.
Second, a tag on a layer identifies that particular _layer_ object.
It should not be used across layers or across several layers:
Block->Scsi Core->LLDD.
Third, although SCSI task tags are a SAM concept, they are defined
by the protocol in use and generated and assigned by the Initiator
port. The block layer is _not_ an Initiator port. SCSI Core is
also _not_ an Initiator port.
SCSI Core should be impervious to task tags, i.e. to the Q in
I_T_L_Q nexus. The Q is never visible to it.
Luben
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