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| author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2018-02-01 00:41:33 -0800 |
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| committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2018-02-01 00:41:33 -0800 |
| commit | 10a558374f3751cf4eb55143008975641dfc2cf4 (patch) | |
| tree | aab0def9d2289f6520ffb62ec4c1d738135447c4 /Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt | |
| parent | fafef982c7353e8982b951e40573e990ccf0ed00 (diff) | |
| parent | d8a5b80568a9cb66810e75b182018e9edb68e8ff (diff) | |
| download | linux-10a558374f3751cf4eb55143008975641dfc2cf4.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'v4.15' into next
Sync with mainline to get in trackpoint updates and other changes.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt index 6338400eed73..2c31d9ee6776 100644 --- a/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt +++ b/Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt @@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ struct Scsi_Host: instance. If the reference count reaches 0 then the given instance is freed -The Scsi_device structure has had reference counting infrastructure added. -This effectively spreads the ownership of struct Scsi_device instances +The scsi_device structure has had reference counting infrastructure added. +This effectively spreads the ownership of struct scsi_device instances across the various SCSI layers which use them. Previously such instances were exclusively owned by the mid level. See the access functions declared towards the end of include/scsi/scsi_device.h . If an LLD wants to keep -a copy of a pointer to a Scsi_device instance it should use scsi_device_get() +a copy of a pointer to a scsi_device instance it should use scsi_device_get() to bump its reference count. When it is finished with the pointer it can use scsi_device_put() to decrement its reference count (and potentially delete it). |