Stefan Richter wrote:
Aboo Valappil wrote:
I implemented a new IOCTL to remove this scsi_host if the user
process really needs to. This removal will first finish all the SCSI
commands (With the above status results) queued on the scsi_host (If at
all) and then remove the scsi_host. Also the module unload will delete
all the scsi_hosts created after finishing all the commands queued with
the above status and sense information.
This is a valid approach, but probably more useful would be something like:
- userspace device server or "modprobe -r" or procfs/sysfs magic or
whatever else requests removal of a Scsi_Host (or merely of a single
scsi_device),
- vscsihba enters scsi_remove_host() or scsi_remove_device(),
- SCSI core and upper layers do whatever it takes to withdraw from
the respective I-T(-L) nexus gracefully (e.g. synchronize cache,
unlock drive door...),
Does this happen automatically when the scsi_remove_host() is called, or
I have to explicitly tell the upper layers to start shutting down
gracefully?
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