Re: [PATCH 0/17]: New SCSI target framework (SCST) with dev handlersand 2 target drivers

[Vladislav Bolkhovitin]

Vladislav Bolkhovitin, on 09/15/2010 06:52 PM wrote:
> It, definitely,
> isn't a piece of beauty, but it's simple and works, so, I believe, good enough. User space,
> anyway, is supposes to hide all the complexities of the direct SYSFS manipulations under
> higher level management tools like scstadmin.

There's one more point I forgot to note why having the separate SYSFS
management thread is good: it naturally serializes all SYSFS management
operations, so allows to simplify locking in target drivers and dev
handlers. For instance, it allows in add_target() callback don't bother
if del_target() or another add_target() for the same target name called
simultaneously.

Thanks,
Vlad
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