Re: [PATCH-v2 0/4] target: Eliminate se_port + t10_alua_tg_pt_gp_member

From: Hannes Reinecke
Date: Tue May 26 2015 - 09:09:39 EST


On 05/26/2015 08:57 AM, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
> From: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here is v2 series with HCH's recent changes to go ahead and drop
> all se_port + t10_alua_tg_pt_gp_member usage within target-core in
> favor of direct se_lun pointer dereference.
>
> This includes the original patch + minor fixes, along with two other
> improvements for killing off se_lun->lun_sep_lock via RCU pointer
> access, and converting the remaining se_lun->lun_active busy-wait
> special cases to existing percpu se_lun->lun_ref access.
>
> Also included in the series is a recently discussed change to go
> ahead and drop an unnecessary core_tpg_register() parameter, and
> all associated target_core_fabric_ops forward declartions within
> fabric driver code.
>
> The changes since -v1 include:
>
> - Move ->lun_se_dev assignments under se_device->se_port_lock
> - All proper call_rcu() in backend drivers to allow for read-side
> critical se_device RCU to complete
> - Add se_device->hba_index to clean up RCU dereferences within
> scsi_port_show_attr_inst() + scsi_tgt_port_show_attr_inst()
> - Add various rcu_dereference and lockless_dereference RCU notation
>
> Please review.
>
> --nab
>
For the whole series:

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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