Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266185AbUALOO0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:14:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266186AbUALOOS (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:14:18 -0500 Received: from ns.virtualhost.dk ([195.184.98.160]:54476 "EHLO virtualhost.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266185AbUALOOH (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:14:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 15:13:30 +0100 From: Jens Axboe To: Martin Peschke3 Cc: Doug Ledford , Arjan Van de Ven , Peter Yao , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi mailing list Subject: Re: smp dead lock of io_request_lock/queue_lock patch Message-ID: <20040112141330.GH24638@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1526 Lines: 34 On Mon, Jan 12 2004, Martin Peschke3 wrote: > Hi, > > is there a way to merge all (or at least the common denominator) of > Redhat's and SuSE's changes into the vanilla 2.4 SCSI stack? > The SCSI part of Marcelo's kernel seems to be rather backlevel, > considering all those fixes and enhancements added by the mentioned > distributors and their SCSI experts. As this discussion underlines, > there are a lot of common problems and sometimes even common > approaches. I am convinced that a number of patches ought to be > incorporated into the mainline kernel. Though, I must admit > that I am at a loss with how this could be achieved given the > unresolved question of 2.4 SCSI maintenance > (which has certainly played a part in building up those piles > of SCSI patches). I have mixed feelings about that. One on side, I'd love to merge the scalability patches in mainline. We've had a significant number of bugs in this area in the past, and it seems a shame that we all have to fix them independently because we deviate from mainline. On the other hand, 2.4 is pretty much closed. There wont be a big number of new distro 2.4 kernels. Had you asked me 6 months ago I probably would have advocated merging them, but right now I think it's a waste of time. -- Jens Axboe - 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/