On 10/27/2014 06:26 AM, Finn Thain wrote:
> Don't disable irqs when waiting for the ST DMA "lock"; its release may
> require an interrupt.
> 
> Introduce stdma_try_lock() for use in soft irq context. atari_scsi now tells
> the SCSI mid-layer to defer queueing a command if the ST DMA lock is not
> available, as per Michael's patch:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-m68k&m=139095335824863&w=2
> 
> The falcon_got_lock variable is race prone: we can't disable IRQs while
> waiting to acquire the lock, so after acquiring it there must be some
> interval during which falcon_got_lock remains false. Introduce
> stdma_is_locked_by() to replace falcon_got_lock.
> 
> The falcon_got_lock tests in the EH handlers are incorrect these days. It
> can happen that an EH handler is called after a command completes normally.
> Remove these checks along with falcon_got_lock.
> 
> Also remove the complicated and racy fairness wait queues. If fairness is an
> issue (when SCSI competes with IDE for the ST DMA interrupt), the solution
> is likely to be a lower value for host->can_queue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>

Cheers,

Hannes
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