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authorJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>2006-02-14 10:42:07 -0600
committer <jejb@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com>2006-02-14 11:14:26 -0600
commitfaead26d7a06605add627f29aee73ba654ce11f9 (patch)
treecd809c6e5601caefb66e614ee1f06417819d2151 /drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
parente2230eac17486e2ee07091d54d898eb40bcd0fdd (diff)
[PATCH] add scsi_execute_in_process_context() API
We have several points in the SCSI stack (primarily for our device functions) where we need to guarantee process context, but (given the place where the last reference was released) we cannot guarantee this. This API gets around the issue by executing the function directly if the caller has process context, but scheduling a workqueue to execute in process context if the caller doesn't have it. Unfortunately, it requires memory allocation in interrupt context, but it's better than what we have previously. The true solution will require a bit of re-engineering, so isn't appropriate for 2.6.16. Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c59
1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 4a602853a98..4362dcde74a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/hardirq.h>
#include <scsi/scsi.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_dbg.h>
@@ -2248,3 +2249,61 @@ scsi_target_unblock(struct device *dev)
device_for_each_child(dev, NULL, target_unblock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_target_unblock);
+
+
+struct work_queue_work {
+ struct work_struct work;
+ void (*fn)(void *);
+ void *data;
+};
+
+static void execute_in_process_context_work(void *data)
+{
+ void (*fn)(void *data);
+ struct work_queue_work *wqw = data;
+
+ fn = wqw->fn;
+ data = wqw->data;
+
+ kfree(wqw);
+
+ fn(data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * scsi_execute_in_process_context - reliably execute the routine with user context
+ * @fn: the function to execute
+ * @data: data to pass to the function
+ *
+ * Executes the function immediately if process context is available,
+ * otherwise schedules the function for delayed execution.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 - function was executed
+ * 1 - function was scheduled for execution
+ * <0 - error
+ */
+int scsi_execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *data), void *data)
+{
+ struct work_queue_work *wqw;
+
+ if (!in_interrupt()) {
+ fn(data);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ wqw = kmalloc(sizeof(struct work_queue_work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+ if (unlikely(!wqw)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+ WARN_ON(1);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+
+ INIT_WORK(&wqw->work, execute_in_process_context_work, wqw);
+ wqw->fn = fn;
+ wqw->data = data;
+ schedule_work(&wqw->work);
+
+ return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_execute_in_process_context);