RE: scsi_unjam_host and scsi_try to abort_command

[Ballabio_Dario]

>
>> and then issue a spin_lock again. Your UP system is likely to be very
little
>> or
>> not responsive at all during the above process, but this is an
unavoidable
>> price to
>> be paid in the last attempt to avoid a full system crash. Pls. note that
in

>Well the driver isnt allowed to hold interrupts off for > 1 tick because
>that messes up the clock, and at 1 second the watchdog nmi will reboot

>scsi driver authors therefore need to adjust their drivers

I fully agree! When I wrote "Your UP system..." I meant 
"because scsi command processing is stopped", not 
"because interrupts are off". As a matter of fact the same
thing is true for and SMP system. While answering I was just
referring to the specific UP objection.

-db
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