On Tue, 2014-04-22 at 13:13 -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote: > 3.8.13.22 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > ------------------ > > From: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > commit e63ed0d7a98014fdfc2cfeb3f6dada313dcabb59 upstream. > > This patch eliminates the reap_ref and replaces it with a proper kref. > On last put of this kref, the target is removed from visibility in > sysfs. The final call to scsi_target_reap() for the device is done from > __scsi_remove_device() and only if the device was made visible. This > ensures that the target disappears as soon as the last device is gone > rather than waiting until final release of the device (which is often > too long). > > Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [...] This and the next patch had the comment "delay backport by 2 months for field testing". Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers. - Leonard Brandwein
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