[PATCH 3/4] nvme: split dev_list_lock

[Johannes Thumshirn]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 02:14:08PM +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 01:41:34PM +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 02:24:43PM -0800, Ming Lin wrote:
> > > Split dev_list_lock into one in the core and one in the PCI driver.
> > 
> > The dev_list_lock in core.c doesn't really protect the dev_list, like it does
> > in pci.c. Wouldn't it be better to rename it to something more appropriate? I
> > just can't come up with a name, as it seems to be some kind of catch all lock.
> 
> I plans to remove the core.c dev_list_lock by rewriting the character
> device interface code.  Let's keep the name for now, it'll go away.
> 
> (and the pci.c might be gone even sooner, but at least it has the right name
> :))

OK, then I'm fine with it.

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