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[SCSI] fix up documentation for change in ->queuecommand to lockless calling 

The current doc still says we call it with the host lock held, which is
going to cause confusion.

Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
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James Bottomley 2010-12-16 09:22:24 -05:00
parent 8816624222
commit 29687512c0
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Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt
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@ -1044,9 +1044,9 @@ Details:
/**
* queuecommand - queue scsi command, invoke 'done' on completion
* queuecommand - queue scsi command, invoke scp->scsi_done on completion
* @shost: pointer to the scsi host object
* @scp: pointer to scsi command object
* @done: function pointer to be invoked on completion
*
* Returns 0 on success.
*
@ -1074,42 +1074,45 @@ Details:
*
* Other types of errors that are detected immediately may be
* flagged by setting scp->result to an appropriate value,
* invoking the 'done' callback, and then returning 0 from this
* function. If the command is not performed immediately (and the
* LLD is starting (or will start) the given command) then this
* function should place 0 in scp->result and return 0.
* invoking the scp->scsi_done callback, and then returning 0
* from this function. If the command is not performed
* immediately (and the LLD is starting (or will start) the given
* command) then this function should place 0 in scp->result and
* return 0.
*
* Command ownership. If the driver returns zero, it owns the
* command and must take responsibility for ensuring the 'done'
* callback is executed. Note: the driver may call done before
* returning zero, but after it has called done, it may not
* return any value other than zero. If the driver makes a
* non-zero return, it must not execute the command's done
* callback at any time.
* command and must take responsibility for ensuring the
* scp->scsi_done callback is executed. Note: the driver may
* call scp->scsi_done before returning zero, but after it has
* called scp->scsi_done, it may not return any value other than
* zero. If the driver makes a non-zero return, it must not
* execute the command's scsi_done callback at any time.
*
* Locks: struct Scsi_Host::host_lock held on entry (with "irqsave")
* and is expected to be held on return.
* Locks: up to and including 2.6.36, struct Scsi_Host::host_lock
* held on entry (with "irqsave") and is expected to be
* held on return. From 2.6.37 onwards, queuecommand is
* called without any locks held.
*
* Calling context: in interrupt (soft irq) or process context
*
* Notes: This function should be relatively fast. Normally it will
* not wait for IO to complete. Hence the 'done' callback is invoked
* (often directly from an interrupt service routine) some time after
* this function has returned. In some cases (e.g. pseudo adapter
* drivers that manufacture the response to a SCSI INQUIRY)
* the 'done' callback may be invoked before this function returns.
* If the 'done' callback is not invoked within a certain period
* the SCSI mid level will commence error processing.
* If a status of CHECK CONDITION is placed in "result" when the
* 'done' callback is invoked, then the LLD driver should
* perform autosense and fill in the struct scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer
* Notes: This function should be relatively fast. Normally it
* will not wait for IO to complete. Hence the scp->scsi_done
* callback is invoked (often directly from an interrupt service
* routine) some time after this function has returned. In some
* cases (e.g. pseudo adapter drivers that manufacture the
* response to a SCSI INQUIRY) the scp->scsi_done callback may be
* invoked before this function returns. If the scp->scsi_done
* callback is not invoked within a certain period the SCSI mid
* level will commence error processing. If a status of CHECK
* CONDITION is placed in "result" when the scp->scsi_done
* callback is invoked, then the LLD driver should perform
* autosense and fill in the struct scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer
* array. The scsi_cmnd::sense_buffer array is zeroed prior to
* the mid level queuing a command to an LLD.
*
* Defined in: LLD
**/
int queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd * scp,
void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
int queuecommand(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct scsi_cmnd * scp)
/**