udev: path_id - add comment about the unrteliable rebase logic

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Kay Sievers
2012-08-03 10:52:24 +02:00
parent 3bea51c59d
commit 1c7dfbf249
+17 -1
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@@ -236,7 +236,23 @@ static struct udev_device *handle_scsi_default(struct udev_device *parent, char
if (sscanf(name, "%d:%d:%d:%d", &host, &bus, &target, &lun) != 4)
return NULL;
/* rebase host offset to get the local relative number */
/*
* Rebase host offset to get the local relative number
*
* Note: This is by definition racy, unreliable and too simple.
* Please do not copy this model anywhere. It's just a left-over
* from the time we had no idea how things should look like in
* the end.
*
* Making assumptions about a global in-kernel counter and use
* that to calculate a local offset is a very broken concept. It
* can only work as long as things are in strict order.
*
* The kernel needs to export the instance/port number of a
* controller directly, without the need for rebase magic like
* this. Manual driver unbind/bind, parallel hotplug/unplug will
* get into the way of this "I hope it works" logic.
*/
basenum = -1;
base = strdup(udev_device_get_syspath(hostdev));
if (base == NULL)