[PATCH] add scsi_execute_in_process_context() API

We have several points in the SCSI stack (primarily for our device
functions) where we need to guarantee process context, but (given the
place where the last reference was released) we cannot guarantee this.

This API gets around the issue by executing the function directly if
the caller has process context, but scheduling a workqueue to execute
in process context if the caller doesn't have it.  Unfortunately, it
requires memory allocation in interrupt context, but it's better than
what we have previously.  The true solution will require a bit of
re-engineering, so isn't appropriate for 2.6.16.

Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi.h
index c60b8ff2f5e4..9c331258bc27 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -433,4 +433,6 @@ struct scsi_lun {
 /* Used to obtain the PCI location of a device */
 #define SCSI_IOCTL_GET_PCI              0x5387
 
+int scsi_execute_in_process_context(void (*fn)(void *data), void *data);
+
 #endif /* _SCSI_SCSI_H */