Hi Martin, This patch series prepares for constifying SCSI host templates by moving the members that are not constant out of the SCSI host template. This patch series is based on Linus' master branch instead of the SCSI for-next branch. Please consider this patch series for the next merge window. Thanks, Bart. Changes compared to v4: - Added three additional patches: fail host creation if creating the proc directory fails, a use-after-free fix and an improvement for the kernel module unload code. Changes compared to v3: - Changed the 'present' counter from 8 to 32 bits. - Fixed a bug in an error path (reported by John Garry). - Changed EXPORT_SYMBOL() into EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). - Split patch 1/3 into two patches. Changes compared to v2: - Optimized the show_info == NULL case. - Added a patch that removes the code that clears the module pointer in the host template. Changes compared to v1: - Fix the CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS=n build. Bart Van Assche (7): scsi: esas2r: Initialize two host template members implicitly scsi: esas2r: Introduce scsi_template_proc_dir() scsi: core: Fail host creation if creating the proc directory fails scsi: core: Introduce a new list for SCSI proc directory entries scsi: core: Fix a use-after-free related to releasing device handlers module: Improve support for asynchronous module exit code scsi: core: Improve SCSI device removal drivers/scsi/esas2r/esas2r_main.c | 19 +++-- drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 3 +- drivers/scsi/scsi_priv.h | 6 +- drivers/scsi/scsi_proc.c | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----- drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 9 +-- include/linux/module.h | 1 + include/scsi/scsi_host.h | 18 ++--- kernel/module/main.c | 10 +++ 8 files changed, 143 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
