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    [PATCH] change sdev.access_count to an atomic_t · 70e28c9d
    Christoph Hellwig authored
    For various reasons (e.g. the .my_devices lockdown) it's undesirable
    to have scsi_device_{get,put} blocking.  Change .access_count to an
    atomic_t to avoid the driver model r/w semaphore.
    
    Sideeffects:
    
     - possible module reference leak in scsi_device_get when get_device
       fails fixes.
     - the access_count attribute is gone.  We already have this exposed
       to userspace in too many places given that this whole second
       refcount will go away once Al fixes the block layer.
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scsi_device.h 4.48 KB