Re: [PATCH 1/3] SCSI: Make cmd_serial_number an atomic

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On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 09:36 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 04:20:51PM -0400, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > 
> > In preparation for moving some drivers out from under the host_lock,
> > make cmd_serial_number an atomic.
> 
> The right fix is to stop abusing cmd_serial_nubmer in those few
> drivers, and use a driver-private and more scalable lookup data
> structure than a linear list search.
> 
> And yes, I promised to at least move cmd_serial_number into these
> drivers long time ago - time to get back to that.

Gosh, I'm glad you said that ... I was afraid it would sound like I was
a Nag.

James


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