Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:36:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:36:16 -0500 Received: from phoenix.mvhi.com ([195.224.96.167]:24331 "EHLO phoenix.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:36:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:43:04 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Alan Cox Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux v2.5.47 Message-ID: <20021113004304.A1196@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org References: <20021113002222.B323@infradead.org> <1037149432.10083.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1037149432.10083.32.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:03:52AM +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 13 On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:03:52AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > Very very nice. One question - what are the rules for the > scsi_remove_host callback with regards to a hotplug ? The general rule so far is: don't do hotplug - scsi code, especially list handling, is racy as hell. I'm not sure whether we'll have it properly locked down and refcounted by 2.6, it's a lot of work left. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/