summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/block
AgeCommit message (Collapse)Author
2006-12-13[PATCH] Allow as-iosched to be unloadedJens Axboe
We implemented the missing bits to allow this some time ago, and they are integrated in AS. So remove the __module_get() to allow the module to be unloaded. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-13[PATCH] Propagate down request sync flagJens Axboe
We need to do this, otherwise the io schedulers don't get access to the sync flag. Then they cannot tell the difference between a regular write and an O_DIRECT write, which can cause a performance loss. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-12[PATCH] remove unnecessary blk_queue_bounce in SG_IOFUJITA Tomonori
When I converted the original patch, I left unnecessary blk_queue_bounce in SG_IO. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-12[PATCH] fix SG_IO bio leakFUJITA Tomonori
This patch fixes bio leaks in SG_IO. rq->bio can be changed after io completion, so we need to reset rq->bio before calling blk_rq_unmap_user() http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116570666807983&w=2 Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-12[PATCH] remove blk_queue_activity_fnBoaz Harrosh
While working on bidi support at struct request level I have found that blk_queue_activity_fn is actually never used. The only user is in ide-probe.c with this code: /* enable led activity for disk drives only */ if (drive->media == ide_disk && hwif->led_act) blk_queue_activity_fn(q, hwif->led_act, drive); And led_act is never initialized anywhere. (Looking back at older kernels it was used in the PPC arch, but was removed around 2.6.18) Unless it is all for future use off course. (this patch is against linux-2.6-block.git as off 2006/12/4) Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-10[PATCH] io-accounting: read accountingAndrew Morton
Wire up read accounting for block devices, within submit_bio(). Cc: Jay Lan <jlan@sgi.com> Cc: Shailabh Nagar <nagar@watson.ibm.com> Cc: Balbir Singh <balbir@in.ibm.com> Cc: Chris Sturtivant <csturtiv@sgi.com> Cc: Tony Ernst <tee@sgi.com> Cc: Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@bull.net> Cc: David Wright <daw@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] fault-injection capability for disk IOAkinobu Mita
This patch provides fault-injection capability for disk IO. Boot option: fail_make_request=<probability>,<interval>,<space>,<times> <interval> -- specifies the interval of failures. <probability> -- specifies how often it should fail in percent. <space> -- specifies the size of free space where disk IO can be issued safely in bytes. <times> -- specifies how many times failures may happen at most. Debugfs: /debug/fail_make_request/interval /debug/fail_make_request/probability /debug/fail_make_request/specifies /debug/fail_make_request/times Example: fail_make_request=10,100,0,-1 echo 1 > /sys/blocks/hda/hda1/make-it-fail generic_make_request() on /dev/hda1 fails once per 10 times. Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] struct path: convert blockJosef Sipek
Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-08[PATCH] remove the old bd_mutex lockdep annotationPeter Zijlstra
Remove the old complex and crufty bd_mutex annotation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] hotplug CPU: clean up hotcpu_notifier() useIngo Molnar
There was lots of #ifdef noise in the kernel due to hotcpu_notifier(fn, prio) not correctly marking 'fn' as used in the !HOTPLUG_CPU case, and thus generating compiler warnings of unused symbols, hence forcing people to add #ifdefs. the compiler can skip truly unused functions just fine: text data bss dec hex filename 1624412 728710 3674856 6027978 5bfaca vmlinux.before 1624412 728710 3674856 6027978 5bfaca vmlinux.after [akpm@osdl.org: topology.c fix] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] slab: remove kmem_cache_tChristoph Lameter
Replace all uses of kmem_cache_t with struct kmem_cache. The patch was generated using the following script: #!/bin/sh # # Replace one string by another in all the kernel sources. # set -e for file in `find * -name "*.c" -o -name "*.h"|xargs grep -l $1`; do quilt add $file sed -e "1,\$s/$1/$2/g" $file >/tmp/$$ mv /tmp/$$ $file quilt refresh done The script was run like this sh replace kmem_cache_t "struct kmem_cache" Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-07[PATCH] Allow NULL pointers in percpu_freeAlan Stern
The patch (as824b) makes percpu_free() ignore NULL arguments, as one would expect for a deallocation routine. (Note that free_percpu is #defined as percpu_free in include/linux/percpu.h.) A few callers are updated to remove now-unneeded tests for NULL. A few other callers already seem to assume that passing a NULL pointer to percpu_free() is okay! The patch also removes an unnecessary NULL check in percpu_depopulate(). Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-06Merge branch 'master' of ↵David Howells
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/pcmcia/ds.c Fix up merge failures with Linus's head and fix new compile failures. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-12-05Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6Linus Torvalds
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (73 commits) [SCSI] aic79xx: Add ASC-29320LPE ids to driver [SCSI] stex: version update [SCSI] stex: change wait loop code [SCSI] stex: add new device type support [SCSI] stex: update device id info [SCSI] stex: adjust default queue length [SCSI] stex: add value check in hard reset routine [SCSI] stex: fix controller_info command handling [SCSI] stex: fix biosparam calculation [SCSI] megaraid: fix MMIO casts [SCSI] tgt: fix undefined flush_dcache_page() problem [SCSI] libsas: better error handling in sas_expander.c [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Change version number to 8.1.11 [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Misc Fixes [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Add soft_wwnn sysfs attribute, rename soft_wwn_enable [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Removed decoding of PCI Subsystem Id [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Add MSI (Message Signalled Interrupts) support [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Adjust LOG_FCP logging [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Fix Memory leaks [SCSI] lpfc 8.1.11 : Fix lpfc_multi_ring_support ...
2006-12-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David Howells
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c include/linux/libata.h Futher merge of Linus's head and compilation fixups. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-12-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David Howells
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_main.c drivers/net/wireless/prism54/islpci_eth.c drivers/usb/core/hub.h drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c net/core/netpoll.c Fix up merge failures with Linus's head and fix new compilation failures. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-12-04[PATCH] Centralise definitions of sector_t and blkcnt_tMatthew Wilcox
CONFIG_LBD and CONFIG_LSF are spread into asm/types.h for no particularly good reason. Centralising the definition in linux/types.h means that arch maintainers don't need to bother adding it, as well as fixing the problem with x86-64 users being asked to make a decision that has absolutely no effect. The H8/300 porters seem particularly confused since I'm not aware of any microcontrollers that need to support 2TB filesystems. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-04[PATCH] blktrace: don't return blktrace_seq from trace_note()Jens Axboe
Only the process notifier needs it, and it can set it manually. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-04[PATCH] blktrace: uninline trace_note()Jens Axboe
It's too large to inline. Additionally clean it up, by fast pathing the likely path. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-01[BLOCK] Cleanup unused variable passingJens Axboe
- ->init_queue() does not need the elevator passed in - ->put_request() is a hot path and need not have the queue passed in - cfq_update_io_seektime() does not need cfqd passed in Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-01[PATCH] block: support larger block pc requestsMike Christie
This patch modifies blk_rq_map/unmap_user() and the cdrom and scsi_ioctl.c users so that it supports requests larger than bio by chaining them together. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-01[PATCH] blktrace: add timestamp messageOlaf Kirch
This adds a new timestamp message to blktrace, giving the timeofday when we starting tracing. This helps user space correlate block trace events with eg an application strace. This requires a (compatible) update to blkparse. The changed blkparse is still able to process traces generated by older kernels, and older versions of blkparse should silently ignore the new records (because they have a pid of 0). Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-11-22Merge ../scsi-rc-fixes-2.6James Bottomley
2006-11-22WorkStruct: Pass the work_struct pointer instead of context dataDavid Howells
Pass the work_struct pointer to the work function rather than context data. The work function can use container_of() to work out the data. For the cases where the container of the work_struct may go away the moment the pending bit is cleared, it is made possible to defer the release of the structure by deferring the clearing of the pending bit. To make this work, an extra flag is introduced into the management side of the work_struct. This governs auto-release of the structure upon execution. Ordinarily, the work queue executor would release the work_struct for further scheduling or deallocation by clearing the pending bit prior to jumping to the work function. This means that, unless the driver makes some guarantee itself that the work_struct won't go away, the work function may not access anything else in the work_struct or its container lest they be deallocated.. This is a problem if the auxiliary data is taken away (as done by the last patch). However, if the pending bit is *not* cleared before jumping to the work function, then the work function *may* access the work_struct and its container with no problems. But then the work function must itself release the work_struct by calling work_release(). In most cases, automatic release is fine, so this is the default. Special initiators exist for the non-auto-release case (ending in _NAR). Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
2006-11-16[PATCH] scsi: clear garbage after CDBs on SG_IOTejun Heo
ATAPI devices transfer fixed number of bytes for CDBs (12 or 16). Some ATAPI devices choke when shorter CDB is used and the left bytes contain garbage. Block SG_IO cleared left bytes but SCSI SG_IO didn't. This patch makes SCSI SG_IO clear it and simplify CDB clearing in block SG_IO. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Mathieu Fluhr <mfluhr@nero.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-11-15[SCSI] block: convert jiffies to msecs in scsi_ioctl()Hannes Reinecke
Use the proper conversion function for convert jiffies to msecs in sg_io(). Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2006-11-13[PATCH] Fix bad data direction in SG_IOJens Axboe
Contrary to what the name misleads you to believe, SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV is really just a normal read seen from the device side. This patch fixes http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/13/100 Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-11-03[PATCH] tidy "md: check bio address after mapping through partitions"Andrew Morton
Neil's xterms are too wide. Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-31[PATCH] CFQ: request <-> request merging rr_list fixupJens Axboe
In very rare circumstances would we be pruning a merged request and at the same time delete the implicated cfqq from the rr_list, and not readd it when the merged request got added. This could cause io stalls until that process issued io again. Fix it up by putting the rr_list add handling into cfq_add_rq_rb(), identical to how pruning is handled in cfq_del_rq_rb(). This fixes a hang reproducible with fsx-linux. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-31[PATCH] md: check bio address after mapping through partitions.NeilBrown
Partitions are not limited to live within a device. So we should range check after partition mapping. Note that 'maxsector' was being used for two different things. I have split off the second usage into 'old_sector' so that maxsector can be still be used for it's primary usage later in the function. Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-30[PATCH] CFQ: bad locking in changed_ioprio()Jens Axboe
When the ioprio code recently got juggled a bit, a bug was introduced. changed_ioprio() is no longer called with interrupts disabled, so using plain spin_lock() on the queue_lock is a bug. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-30[PATCH] CFQ: use irq safe locking in cfq_cic_link()Jens Axboe
If cfq_set_request() is called for a new process AND a non-fs io request (so that __GFP_WAIT may not be set), cfq_cic_link() may use spin_lock_irq() and spin_unlock_irq() with interrupts already disabled. Fix is to always use irq safe locking in cfq_cic_link() Acked-By: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-20[PATCH] separate bdi congestion functions from queue congestion functionsAndrew Morton
Separate out the concept of "queue congestion" from "backing-dev congestion". Congestion is a backing-dev concept, not a queue concept. The blk_* congestion functions are retained, as wrappers around the core backing-dev congestion functions. This proper layering is needed so that NFS can cleanly use the congestion functions, and so that CONFIG_BLOCK=n actually links. Cc: "Thomas Maier" <balagi@justmail.de> Cc: "Jens Axboe" <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-20[PATCH] export clear_queue_congested and set_queue_congestedThomas Maier
Export the clear_queue_congested() and set_queue_congested() functions located in ll_rw_blk.c The functions are renamed to blk_clear_queue_congested() and blk_set_queue_congested(). (needed in the pktcdvd driver's bio write congestion control) Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-12[PATCH] block layer: elv_iosched_show should get elv_list_lockVasily Tarasov
elv_iosched_show function iterates other elv_list, hence elv_list_lock should be got. Signed-off-by: Vasily Tarasov <vtaras@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Vasily Tarasov <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-12[PATCH] block layer: elevator_find function cleanupVasily Tarasov
We can easily produce search through the elevator list without introducing additional elevator_type variable. Signed-off-by: Vasily Tarasov <vtaras@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-04[PATCH] helper function for retrieving scsi_cmd given host based block layer tagDavid C Somayajulu
This was necessitated by the need for a function to get back to a scsi_cmnd, when an hba the posts its (corresponding) completion interrupt with a block layer tag as its reference. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Signed-off-by: David Somayajulu <david.somayajulu@qlogic.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-10-03[PATCH] dm: export blkdev_driver_ioctlAlasdair G Kergon
Export blkdev_driver_ioctl for device-mapper. If we get as far as the device-mapper ioctl handler, we know the ioctl is not a standard block layer BLK* one, so we don't need to check for them a second time and can call blkdev_driver_ioctl() directly. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01[PATCH] completions: lockdep annotate on stack completionsPeter Zijlstra
All on stack DECLARE_COMPLETIONs should be replaced by: DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Only enable CONFIG_BLOCK option for embeddedJens Axboe
It's too easy for people to shoot themselves in the foot, and it only makes sense for embedded folks anyway. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] blk_queue_start_tag() shared map race fixJens Axboe
If we share the tag map between two or more queues, then we cannot use __set_bit() to set the bit. In fact we need to make sure we atomically acquire this tag, so loop using test_and_set_bit() to protect from that. Noticed by Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Update axboe@suse.de email addressJens Axboe
As people often look for the copyright in files to see who to mail, update the link to a neutral one. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]David Howells
Make it possible to disable the block layer. Not all embedded devices require it, some can make do with just JFFS2, NFS, ramfs, etc - none of which require the block layer to be present. This patch does the following: (*) Introduces CONFIG_BLOCK to disable the block layer, buffering and blockdev support. (*) Adds dependencies on CONFIG_BLOCK to any configuration item that controls an item that uses the block layer. This includes: (*) Block I/O tracing. (*) Disk partition code. (*) All filesystems that are block based, eg: Ext3, ReiserFS, ISOFS. (*) The SCSI layer. As far as I can tell, even SCSI chardevs use the block layer to do scheduling. Some drivers that use SCSI facilities - such as USB storage - end up disabled indirectly from this. (*) Various block-based device drivers, such as IDE and the old CDROM drivers. (*) MTD blockdev handling and FTL. (*) JFFS - which uses set_bdev_super(), something it could avoid doing by taking a leaf out of JFFS2's book. (*) Makes most of the contents of linux/blkdev.h, linux/buffer_head.h and linux/elevator.h contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK being set. sector_div() is, however, still used in places, and so is still available. (*) Also made contingent are the contents of linux/mpage.h, linux/genhd.h and parts of linux/fs.h. (*) Makes a number of files in fs/ contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK. (*) Makes mm/bounce.c (bounce buffering) contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK. (*) set_page_dirty() doesn't call __set_page_dirty_buffers() if CONFIG_BLOCK is not enabled. (*) fs/no-block.c is created to hold out-of-line stubs and things that are required when CONFIG_BLOCK is not set: (*) Default blockdev file operations (to give error ENODEV on opening). (*) Makes some /proc changes: (*) /proc/devices does not list any blockdevs. (*) /proc/diskstats and /proc/partitions are contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK. (*) Makes some compat ioctl handling contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK. (*) If CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined, makes sys_quotactl() return -ENODEV if given command other than Q_SYNC or if a special device is specified. (*) In init/do_mounts.c, no reference is made to the blockdev routines if CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined. This does not prohibit NFS roots or JFFS2. (*) The bdflush, ioprio_set and ioprio_get syscalls can now be absent (return error ENOSYS by way of cond_syscall if so). (*) The seclvl_bd_claim() and seclvl_bd_release() security calls do nothing if CONFIG_BLOCK is not set, since they can't then happen. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] blktrace: cleanup using on_each_cpuMartin Peschke
This patch kills a few lines of code in blktrace by making use of on_each_cpu(). Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] exit_io_context: don't disable irqsOleg Nesterov
We don't need to disable irqs to clear current->io_context, it is protected by ->alloc_lock. Even IF it was possible to submit I/O from IRQ on behalf of current this irq_disable() can't help: current_io_context() will re-instantiate ->io_context after irq_enable(). We don't need task_lock() or local_irq_disable() to clear ioc->task. This can't prevent other CPUs from playing with our io_context anyway. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] blktrace: support for logging metadata readsJens Axboe
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] cfq-iosched: use metadata read flagJens Axboe
Give meta data reads preference over regular reads, as the process often needs to get that out of the way to do the io it was actually interested in. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Allow file systems to differentiate between data and meta readsJens Axboe
We can use this information for making more intelligent priority decisions, and it will also be useful for blktrace. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] ll_rw_blk: allow more flexibility for read_ahead_kb storeJens Axboe
It can make sense to set read-ahead larger than a single request. We should not be enforcing such policy on the user. Additionally, using the BLKRASET ioctl doesn't impose such a restriction. So additionally we now expose identical behaviour through the two. Issue also reported by Anton <cbou@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-09-30[PATCH] cfq-iosched: improve queue preemptionJens Axboe
Don't touch the current queues, just make sure that the wanted queue is selected next. Simplifies the logic. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>