Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] mpt3sas: Add nvme device support in slave alloc, target alloc and probe

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 07/14/2017 03:22 PM, Suganath Prabu S wrote:
> 1) Added support for probing pcie device and adding NVMe drives to
> SML and driver's internal list pcie_device_list.
> 
> 2) Added support for determing NVMe as boot device.
> 
> 3) Added nvme device support for call back functions scan_finished
> target_alloc,slave_alloc,target destroy and slave destroy.
> 
>  a) During scan, pcie devices are probed and added to SML to drivers
> internal list.
> 
>  b) target_alloc & slave alloc API's allocates resources for
> (MPT3SAS_TARGET & MPT3SAS_DEVICE) private datas and holds
> information like handle, target_id etc.
> 
>  c) slave_destroy & target_destroy are called when driver unregisters
> or removes device. Also frees allocated resources and info.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chaitra P B <chaitra.basappa@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suganath Prabu S <suganath-prabu.subramani@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.h  |  110 ++++++++-
>  drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c |  431 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 507 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> 
Have you considered using 'scan_start()/scan_finished()' SCSI midlayer
callbacks here?
Seeing that you are enumerating the devices internally already that
should give you better control about the scanning process.

Cheers,

Hannes
-- 
Dr. Hannes Reinecke		   Teamlead Storage & Networking
hare@xxxxxxx			               +49 911 74053 688
SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton
HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [SCSI Target Devel]     [Linux SCSI Target Infrastructure]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Linux IIO]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux