Re: [PATCH] aha152x: Clean up struct scsi_pointer usage

[Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Christoph,

On Tue, 22 Feb 2022, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 10:09:42AM +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > Bring aha152x into line with 10 other drivers which assign
> > scsi_host_template.cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer)
> > and avoid the "struct foo { struct bar; };" silliness.
> > 
> > Remove a pointless scsi_pointer->have_data_in assignment.
> 
> I think this going in the wrong direction.  The scsi_pointer should go 
> away entirelym and the fields actually used by the driver should move 
> into the aha152x_cmd_priv structure instead.
> 
> Same for all other drivers still using the scsi_pointer.
> 

This patch is addressing an inconsistency in the patches already accepted 
into 5.18/scsi-staging in Martin's repo.

A number of Bart's patches had the same effect as the patch you're 
objecting to here. Hence,

$ git grep "cmd_size.*scsi_pointer"
drivers/scsi/a2091.c:               .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/a3000.c:	            .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/fdomain.c:             .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/gvp11.c:	            .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/imm.c:                 .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/mvme147.c:             .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/pcmcia/nsp_cs.c:       .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/pcmcia/sym53c500_cs.c: .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/ppa.c:                 .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),
drivers/scsi/sgiwd93.c:             .cmd_size = sizeof(struct scsi_pointer),

Since that series was very popular with reviewers, and being that this 
patch is just more of the same, I have no idea as to how to proceed.

Are you asking me to rework Bart's series? Or are you asking Martin to 
drop it, or both, or neither...