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    [SCSI] libsas: introduce sas_drain_work() · b1124cd3
    Dan Williams authored
    
    
    When an lldd invokes ->notify_port_event() it can trigger a chain of libsas
    events to:
    
      1/ form the port and find the direct attached device
    
      2/ if the attached device is an expander perform domain discovery
    
    A call to flush_workqueue() will only flush the initial port formation work.
    Currently libsas users need to call scsi_flush_work() up to the max depth of
    chain (which will grow from 2 to 3 when ata discovery is moved to its own
    discovery event).  Instead of open coding multiple calls switch to use
    drain_workqueue() to flush sas work.
    
    drain_workqueue() does not handle new work submitted during the drain so
    libsas needs a bit of infrastructure to hold off unchained work submissions
    while a drain is in flight.  A lldd ->notify() event is considered 'unchained'
    while a sas_discover_event() is 'chained'.  As Tejun notes:
    
      "For now, I think it would be best to add private wrapper in libsas to
       support deferring unchained work items while draining."
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
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