From 3e082a910d217b2e7b186077ebf5a1126a68c62f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Wilcox Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:19:20 -0600 Subject: [SCSI] Add ability to scan scsi busses asynchronously Since it often takes around 20-30 seconds to scan a scsi bus, it's highly advantageous to do this in parallel with other things. The bulk of this patch is ensuring that devices don't change numbering, and that all devices are discovered prior to trying to start init. For those who build SCSI as modules, there's a new scsi_wait_scan module that will ensure all bus scans are finished. This patch only handles drivers which call scsi_scan_host. Fibre Channel, SAS, SATA, USB and Firewire all need additional work. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox Signed-off-by: James Bottomley --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index ff571f9298e..5a92ac08596 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1410,6 +1410,11 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file scsi_logging= [SCSI] + scsi_mod.scan= [SCSI] sync (default) scans SCSI busses as they are + discovered. async scans them in kernel threads, + allowing boot to proceed. none ignores them, expecting + user space to do the scan. + selinux [SELINUX] Disable or enable SELinux at boot time. Format: { "0" | "1" } See security/selinux/Kconfig help text. -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4f777ed26086452737ea52597cf8de26137090d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:11:36 +0100 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: James Bottomley --- Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt | 31 +++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') 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 @@ -488,20 +487,6 @@ void scsi_adjust_queue_depth(struct scsi_device * sdev, int tagged, int tags) -/** - * 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 ========= -- cgit v1.2.3