Re: [V2 PATCH 3/4] scsi:stex.c Add reboot support

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Nov 12 2014 - 12:27:57 EST


> +static int stex_reboot_callback(struct notifier_block *self,
> + unsigned long val,
> + void *data)
> +{
> + if (val == SYS_RESTART)
> + isRestart = 1;
> + return NOTIFY_OK;
> +}
>
> @@ -1832,7 +1859,14 @@ static void stex_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev)
> {
> struct st_hba *hba = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
>
> - stex_hba_stop(hba);
> + if (hba->yellowstone == 1)
> + stex_hba_stop(hba, ST_IGNORED);
> + else {
> + if (isRestart)
> + stex_hba_stop(hba, ST_S6);
> + else
> + stex_hba_stop(hba, ST_S5);
> + }

This sort of check for reboot vs restart isn't really something
we want in drivers. I don't really know how we could find this
out assuming we even want drivers to behave differently.

Maybe Greg or someone on lkml has an idea how to best handle this case.
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