Re: io_request_lock patch?

Jens Axboe (axboe@suse.de)
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:05:53 +0200


On Tue, Jul 10 2001, Eric Youngdale wrote:
>
> The bit that I had automated was to essentially fix each and every
> low-level SCSI driver such that each low-level driver would be responsible
> for it's own locking. At this point the patches and the tool are on hold -
> once the 2.5 kernel series gets underway, I can generate some fairly massive
> patchsets.

Cool, sounds good Eric. I'll probably go ahead and complete the initial
ll_rw_blk and IDE work, along with a few selected SCSI drivers. Then
leave the grunt of the work for your tools.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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