SCSI_ALLOC_TARGET

Section: SCSI mid layer (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

scsi_alloc_target - allocate a new or find an existing target  

SYNOPSIS

struct scsi_target * scsi_alloc_target(struct device * parent, int channel, uint id);
 

ARGUMENTS

parent

parent of the target (need not be a scsi host)

channel

target channel number (zero if no channels)

id

target id number
 

DESCRIPTION

Return an existing target if one exists, provided it hasn't already gone into STARGET_DEL state, otherwise allocate a new target.

The target is returned with an incremented reference, so the caller is responsible for both reaping and doing a last put  

AUTHORS

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>

Author.

Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>

Author.
 

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