subject:"\[PATCH scsi\-misc\-2.6 07\/08\] scsi\: remove bogus \{get\|put\}_device\(\) calls"

Re: [PATCH scsi-misc-2.6 07/08] scsi: remove bogus {get|put}_device() calls

2005-03-23 Thread Tejun Heo

Hi, James Bottomley wrote: On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 11:14 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote: So, basically, SCSI high-level object (scsi_disk) and mid-level object (scsi_device) are reference counted by users, not the requests they submit. Reference count cannot go zero with

Re: [PATCH scsi-misc-2.6 07/08] scsi: remove bogus {get|put}_device() calls

2005-03-22 Thread Tejun Heo

07_scsi_refcnt_cleanup.patch SCSI request submission paths can be categorized like the following. * through high-level driver (sd, st, sg...) + requests (fs / pc) + ioctls + flushes (issue_flush / barrier rqs)