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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2006-11-04 20:11:36 +0100
committerJames Bottomley <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>2006-11-15 14:14:46 -0600
commit4f777ed26086452737ea52597cf8de26137090d5 (patch)
tree284030d230f9cd5528f611d34fd0a88c82edaac3 /Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
parent3b00315799d78f76531b71435fbc2643cd71ae4c (diff)
[SCSI] kill scsi_assign_lock
scsi_assign_lock has been unused for a long time and is a bad idea in general, so kill it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
index 75a535a975c..6f70f2b9327 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ Summary:
scsi_add_device - creates new scsi device (lu) instance
scsi_add_host - perform sysfs registration and set up transport class
scsi_adjust_queue_depth - change the queue depth on a SCSI device
- scsi_assign_lock - replace default host_lock with given lock
scsi_bios_ptable - return copy of block device's partition table
scsi_block_requests - prevent further commands being queued to given host
scsi_deactivate_tcq - turn off tag command queueing
@@ -489,20 +488,6 @@ void scsi_adjust_queue_depth(struct scsi_device * sdev, int tagged,
/**
- * scsi_assign_lock - replace default host_lock with given lock
- * @shost: a pointer to a scsi host instance
- * @lock: pointer to lock to replace host_lock for this host
- *
- * Returns nothing
- *
- * Might block: no
- *
- * Defined in: include/scsi/scsi_host.h .
- **/
-void scsi_assign_lock(struct Scsi_Host *shost, spinlock_t *lock)
-
-
-/**
* scsi_bios_ptable - return copy of block device's partition table
* @dev: pointer to block device
*
@@ -1366,17 +1351,11 @@ Locks
Each struct Scsi_Host instance has a spin_lock called struct
Scsi_Host::default_lock which is initialized in scsi_host_alloc() [found in
hosts.c]. Within the same function the struct Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer
-is initialized to point at default_lock with the scsi_assign_lock() function.
-Thereafter lock and unlock operations performed by the mid level use the
-struct Scsi_Host::host_lock pointer.
-
-LLDs can override the use of struct Scsi_Host::default_lock by
-using scsi_assign_lock(). The earliest opportunity to do this would
-be in the detect() function after it has invoked scsi_register(). It
-could be replaced by a coarser grain lock (e.g. per driver) or a
-lock of equal granularity (i.e. per host). Using finer grain locks
-(e.g. per SCSI device) may be possible by juggling locks in
-queuecommand().
+is initialized to point at default_lock. Thereafter lock and unlock
+operations performed by the mid level use the struct Scsi_Host::host_lock
+pointer. Previously drivers could override the host_lock pointer but
+this is not allowed anymore.
+
Autosense
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