On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 08:04:40PM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > > Ming, > > > scsi_device's refcount is always grabbed in IO path. > > > > Turns out it isn't necessary, because blk_queue_cleanup() will > > drain any in-flight IOs, then cancel timeout/requeue work, and > > SCSI's requeue_work is canceled too in __scsi_remove_device(). > > > > Also scsi_device won't go away until blk_cleanup_queue() is done. > > > > So don't hold the refcount in IO path, especially the refcount isn't > > required in IO path since blk_queue_enter() / blk_queue_exit() > > is introduced in the legacy block layer. > > This all looks good to me. I assume it will go through Jens' tree? > > Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Hi Nartin, This patch doesn't depend on patch 1~8, so please take it via scsi tree if you are fine. Thanks, Ming
