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2008-12-30Merge branch 'agp-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/agp-2.6 * 'agp-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/agp-2.6: agp/intel: Fix broken ® symbol in device name. agp/intel: add support for G41 chipset
2008-12-30Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc-next-2.6: (98 commits) sparc: move select of ARCH_SUPPORTS_MSI sparc: drop SUN_IO sparc: unify sections.h sparc: use .data.init_task section for init_thread_union sparc: fix array overrun check in of_device_64.c sparc: unify module.c sparc64: prepare module_64.c for unification sparc64: use bit neutral Elf symbols sparc: unify module.h sparc: introduce CONFIG_BITS sparc: fix hardirq.h removal fallout sparc64: do not export pus_fs_struct sparc: use sparc64 version of scatterlist.h sparc: Commonize memcmp assembler. sparc: Unify strlen assembler. sparc: Add asm/asm.h sparc: Kill memcmp_32.S code which has been ifdef'd out for centuries. sparc: replace for_each_cpu_mask_nr with for_each_cpu sparc: fix sparse warnings in irq_32.c sparc: add include guards to kernel.h ...
2008-12-30Merge branch 'for-2.6.29' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
* 'for-2.6.29' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (43 commits) bio: get rid of bio_vec clearing bounce: don't rely on a zeroed bio_vec list cciss: simplify parameters to deregister_disk function cfq-iosched: fix race between exiting queue and exiting task loop: Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device. loop: Flush possible running bios when loop device is released. alpha: remove dead BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY Get rid of CONFIG_LSF block: make blk_softirq_init() static block: use min_not_zero in blk_queue_stack_limits block: add one-hit cache for disk partition lookup cfq-iosched: remove limit of dispatch depth of max 4 times quantum nbd: tell the block layer that it is not a rotational device block: get rid of elevator_t typedef aio: make the lookup_ioctx() lockless bio: add support for inlining a number of bio_vecs inside the bio bio: allow individual slabs in the bio_set bio: move the slab pointer inside the bio_set bio: only mempool back the largest bio_vec slab cache block: don't use plugging on SSD devices ...
2008-12-30Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, sparseirq: clean up Kconfig entry x86: turn CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ off by default sparseirq: fix numa_migrate_irq_desc dependency and comments sparseirq: add kernel-doc notation for new member in irq_desc, -v2 locking, irq: enclose irq_desc_lock_class in CONFIG_LOCKDEP sparseirq, xen: make sure irq_desc is allocated for interrupts sparseirq: fix !SMP building, #2 x86, sparseirq: move irq_desc according to smp_affinity, v7 proc: enclose desc variable of show_stat() in CONFIG_SPARSE_IRQ sparse irqs: add irqnr.h to the user headers list sparse irqs: handle !GENIRQ platforms sparseirq: fix !SMP && !PCI_MSI && !HT_IRQ build sparseirq: fix Alpha build failure sparseirq: fix typo in !CONFIG_IO_APIC case x86, MSI: pass irq_cfg and irq_desc x86: MSI start irq numbering from nr_irqs_gsi x86: use NR_IRQS_LEGACY sparse irq_desc[] array: core kernel and x86 changes genirq: record IRQ_LEVEL in irq_desc[] irq.h: remove padding from irq_desc on 64bits
2008-12-30Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: hrtimers: fix warning in kernel/hrtimer.c x86: make sure we really have an hpet mapping before using it x86: enable HPET on Fujitsu u9200 linux/timex.h: cleanup for userspace posix-timers: simplify de_thread()->exit_itimers() path posix-timers: check ->it_signal instead of ->it_pid to validate the timer posix-timers: use "struct pid*" instead of "struct task_struct*" nohz: suppress needless timer reprogramming clocksource, acpi_pm.c: put acpi_pm_read_slow() under CONFIG_PCI nohz: no softirq pending warnings for offline cpus hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix hotplug hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes x86: correct link to HPET timer specification rtc-cmos: export second NVRAM bank Fixed up conflicts in sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c and sound/core/hrtimer.c manually.
2008-12-30Merge branch 'core-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (63 commits) stacktrace: provide save_stack_trace_tsk() weak alias rcu: provide RCU options on non-preempt architectures too printk: fix discarding message when recursion_bug futex: clean up futex_(un)lock_pi fault handling "Tree RCU": scalable classic RCU implementation futex: rename field in futex_q to clarify single waiter semantics x86/swiotlb: add default swiotlb_arch_range_needs_mapping x86/swiotlb: add default phys<->bus conversion x86: unify pci iommu setup and allow swiotlb to compile for 32 bit x86: add swiotlb allocation functions swiotlb: consolidate swiotlb info message printing swiotlb: support bouncing of HighMem pages swiotlb: factor out copy to/from device swiotlb: add arch hook to force mapping swiotlb: allow architectures to override phys<->bus<->phys conversions swiotlb: add comment where we handle the overflow of a dma mask on 32 bit rcu: fix rcutorture behavior during reboot resources: skip sanity check of busy resources swiotlb: move some definitions to header swiotlb: allow architectures to override swiotlb pool allocation ... Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/kernel/Makefile arch/x86/mm/init_32.c include/linux/hardirq.h as per Ingo's suggestions.
2008-12-29bio: get rid of bio_vec clearingJens Axboe
We don't need to clear the memory used for adding bio_vec entries, since nobody should be looking at members unitialized. Any valid use should be below bio->bi_vcnt, and that members up until that count must be valid since they were added through bio_add_page(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29bounce: don't rely on a zeroed bio_vec listJens Axboe
__blk_queue_bounce() relies on a zeroed bio_vec list, since it looks up arbitrary indexes in the allocated bio. The block layer only guarentees that added entries are valid, so clear memory after alloc. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cciss: simplify parameters to deregister_disk functionStephen M. Cameron
Simplify parameters to deregister_disk function. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cca.cpqcorp.net> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cfq-iosched: fix race between exiting queue and exiting taskJens Axboe
Original patch from Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> When a queue exits the queue lock is taken and cfq_exit_queue() would free all the cic's associated with the queue. But when a task exits, cfq_exit_io_context() gets cic one by one and then locks the associated queue to call __cfq_exit_single_io_context. It looks like between getting a cic from the ioc and locking the queue, the queue might have exited on another cpu. Fix this by rechecking the cfq_io_context queue key inside the queue lock again, and not calling into __cfq_exit_single_io_context() if somebody beat us to it. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29loop: Do not call loop_unplug for not configured loop device.Milan Broz
In loop_unplug() function is expected that mapping is set and lo->lo_backing_file is not NULL. Unfortunately loop_set_fd() set the request queue unplug function, but loop_clr_fd() doesn't clear that. Loop device allows open of non-configured loop in some situations. If the unplug on request queue is called, loop module oopses because of missing lo_backing_file. Simple reproducer: losetup /dev/loop0 /xxx losetup -d /dev/loop0 dmsetup create x --table "0 1 linear /dev/loop0 0" EIP is at loop_unplug+0x1d/0x3b ... Call Trace: blk_unplug+0x57/0x5e dm_table_unplug_all+0x34/0x77 [dm_mod] destroy_inode+0x27/0x38 generic_delete_inode+0xd5/0xd9 iput+0x4b/0x4e dm_resume+0xca/0xfe [dm_mod] dev_suspend+0x143/0x165 [dm_mod] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x18e/0x1cf [dm_mod] dev_suspend+0x0/0x165 [dm_mod] dm_ctl_ioctl+0x0/0x1cf [dm_mod] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0x69 do_vfs_ioctl+0x39d/0x3c7 trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd remove_vma+0x50/0x56 do_munmap+0x21c/0x237 sys_ioctl+0x2c/0x45 sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x31 Several reports here http://www.kerneloops.org/search.php?search=loop_unplug Fix it by simply clear unplug function together with removing of backing file. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29loop: Flush possible running bios when loop device is released.Milan Broz
When there are still queued bios and reference count drops to zero, loop device must flush all queued bios. Otherwise it can lead to situation that caller closes the device, but some bios are still running and endio() function call later OOpses when uses unallocated mempool. This happens for example when running dm-crypt over loop, here is typical oops backtrace: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP EIP is at mempool_free+0x12/0x6b ... crypt_dec_pending+0x50/0x54 [dm_crypt] crypt_endio+0x9f/0xa7 [dm_crypt] crypt_endio+0x0/0xa7 [dm_crypt] bio_endio+0x2b/0x2e loop_thread+0x37a/0x3b1 do_lo_send_aops+0x0/0x165 autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x33 loop_thread+0x0/0x3b1 kthread+0x3b/0x61 kthread+0x0/0x61 kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 (But crash is reproducible with different dm targets running over loop device too.) Patch fixes it by flushing the bios in release call, reusing the flush mechanism for switching backing store. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <mbroz@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29alpha: remove dead BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARYFUJITA Tomonori
The block layer dropped the virtual merge feature (b8b3e16cfe6435d961f6aaebcfd52a1ff2a988c5). BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY definition is meaningless now. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29Get rid of CONFIG_LSFJens Axboe
We have two seperate config entries for large devices/files. One is CONFIG_LBD that guards just the devices, the other is CONFIG_LSF that handles large files. This doesn't make a lot of sense, you typically want both or none. So get rid of CONFIG_LSF and change CONFIG_LBD wording to indicate that it covers both. Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: make blk_softirq_init() staticRoel Kluin
Sparse asked whether these could be static. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: use min_not_zero in blk_queue_stack_limitsFUJITA Tomonori
zero is invalid for max_phys_segments, max_hw_segments, and max_segment_size. It's better to use use min_not_zero instead of min. min() works though (because the commit 0e435ac makes sure that these values are set to the default values, non zero, if a queue is initialized properly). With this patch, blk_queue_stack_limits does the almost same thing that dm's combine_restrictions_low() does. I think that it's easy to remove dm's combine_restrictions_low. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: add one-hit cache for disk partition lookupJens Axboe
disk_map_sector_rcu() returns a partition from a sector offset, which we use for IO statistics on a per-partition basis. The lookup itself is an O(N) list lookup, where N is the number of partitions. This actually hurts performance quite a bit, even on the lower end partitions. On higher numbered partitions, it can get pretty bad. Solve this by adding a one-hit cache for partition lookup. This makes the lookup O(1) for the case where we do most IO to one partition. Even for mixed partition workloads, amortized cost is pretty close to O(1) since the natural IO batching makes the one-hit cache last for lots of IOs. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cfq-iosched: remove limit of dispatch depth of max 4 times quantumJens Axboe
This basically limits the hardware queue depth to 4*quantum at any point in time, which is 16 with the default settings. As CFQ uses other means to shrink the hardware queue when necessary in the first place, there's really no need for this extra heuristic. Additionally, it ends up hurting performance in some cases. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29nbd: tell the block layer that it is not a rotational deviceJens Axboe
Then we can get rid of that manual elevator type fiddling. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: get rid of elevator_t typedefJens Axboe
Just use struct elevator_queue everywhere instead. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29aio: make the lookup_ioctx() locklessJens Axboe
The mm->ioctx_list is currently protected by a reader-writer lock, so we always grab that lock on the read side for doing ioctx lookups. As the workload is extremely reader biased, turn this into an rcu hlist so we can make lookup_ioctx() lockless. Get rid of the rwlock and use a spinlock for providing update side exclusion. There's usually only 1 entry on this list, so it doesn't make sense to look into fancier data structures. Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29bio: add support for inlining a number of bio_vecs inside the bioJens Axboe
When we go and allocate a bio for IO, we actually do two allocations. One for the bio itself, and one for the bi_io_vec that holds the actual pages we are interested in. This feature inlines a definable amount of io vecs inside the bio itself, so we eliminate the bio_vec array allocation for IO's up to a certain size. It defaults to 4 vecs, which is typically 16k of IO. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29bio: allow individual slabs in the bio_setJens Axboe
Instead of having a global bio slab cache, add a reference to one in each bio_set that is created. This allows for personalized slabs in each bio_set, so that they can have bios of different sizes. This means we can personalize the bios we return. File systems may want to embed the bio inside another structure, to avoid allocation more items (and stuffing them in ->bi_private) after the get a bio. Or we may want to embed a number of bio_vecs directly at the end of a bio, to avoid doing two allocations to return a bio. This is now possible. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29bio: move the slab pointer inside the bio_setJens Axboe
In preparation for adding differently sized bios. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29bio: only mempool back the largest bio_vec slab cacheJens Axboe
We only very rarely need the mempool backing, so it makes sense to get rid of all but one of the mempool in a bio_set. So keep the largest bio_vec count mempool so we can always honor the largest allocation, and "upgrade" callers that fail. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: don't use plugging on SSD devicesJens Axboe
We just want to hand the first bits of IO to the device as fast as possible. Gains a few percent on the IOPS rate. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: fix empty barrier on write-through w/ ordered tagTejun Heo
Empty barrier on write-through (or no cache) w/ ordered tag has no command to execute and without any command to execute ordered tag is never issued to the device and the ordering is never achieved. Force draining for such cases. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: simplify empty barrier implementationTejun Heo
Empty barrier required special handling in __elv_next_request() to complete it without letting the low level driver see it. With previous changes, barrier code is now flexible enough to skip the BAR step using the same barrier sequence selection mechanism. Drop the special handling and mask off q->ordered from start_ordered(). Remove blk_empty_barrier() test which now has no user. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: make barrier completion more robustTejun Heo
Barrier completion had the following assumptions. * start_ordered() couldn't finish the whole sequence properly. If all actions are to be skipped, q->ordseq is set correctly but the actual completion was never triggered thus hanging the barrier request. * Drain completion in elv_complete_request() assumed that there's always at least one request in the queue when drain completes. Both assumptions are true but these assumptions need to be removed to improve empty barrier implementation. This patch makes the following changes. * Make start_ordered() use blk_ordered_complete_seq() to mark skipped steps complete and notify __elv_next_request() that it should fetch the next request if the whole barrier has completed inside start_ordered(). * Make drain completion path in elv_complete_request() check whether the queue is empty. Empty queue also indicates drain completion. * While at it, convert 0/1 return from blk_do_ordered() to false/true. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: make every barrier action optionalTejun Heo
In all barrier sequences, the barrier write itself was always assumed to be issued and thus didn't have corresponding control flag. This patch adds QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_BAR and unify action mask handling in start_ordered() such that any barrier action can be skipped. This patch doesn't introduce any visible behavior changes. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: remove duplicate or unused barrier/discard error pathsTejun Heo
* Because barrier mode can be changed dynamically, whether barrier is supported or not can be determined only when actually issuing the barrier and there is no point in checking it earlier. Drop barrier support check in generic_make_request() and __make_request(), and update comment around the support check in blk_do_ordered(). * There is no reason to check discard support in both generic_make_request() and __make_request(). Drop the check in __make_request(). While at it, move error action block to the end of the function and add unlikely() to q existence test. * Barrier request, be it empty or not, is never passed to low level driver and thus it's meaningless to try to copy back req->sector to bio->bi_sector on error. In addition, the notion of failed sector doesn't make any sense for empty barrier to begin with. Drop the code block from __end_that_request_first(). Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: reorganize QUEUE_ORDERED_* constantsTejun Heo
Separate out ordering type (drain,) and action masks (preflush, postflush, fua) from visible ordering mode selectors (QUEUE_ORDERED_*). Ordering types are now named QUEUE_ORDERED_BY_* while action masks are named QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_*. This change is necessary to add QUEUE_ORDERED_DO_BAR and make it optional to improve empty barrier implementation. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: reorder struct bio to remove padding on 64bitRichard Kennedy
Remove 8 bytes of padding from struct bio which also removes 16 bytes from struct bio_pair to make it 248 bytes. bio_pair then fits into one fewer cache lines & into a smaller slab. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: use cancel_work_sync() instead of kblockd_flush_work()Cheng Renquan
After many improvements on kblockd_flush_work, it is now identical to cancel_work_sync, so a direct call to cancel_work_sync is suggested. The only difference is that cancel_work_sync is a GPL symbol, so no non-GPL modules anymore. Signed-off-by: Cheng Renquan <crquan@gmail.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: Supress Buffer I/O errors when SCSI REQ_QUIET flag setKeith Mannthey
Allow the scsi request REQ_QUIET flag to be propagated to the buffer file system layer. The basic ideas is to pass the flag from the scsi request to the bio (block IO) and then to the buffer layer. The buffer layer can then suppress needless printks. This patch declutters the kernel log by removed the 40-50 (per lun) buffer io error messages seen during a boot in my multipath setup . It is a good chance any real errors will be missed in the "noise" it the logs without this patch. During boot I see blocks of messages like " __ratelimit: 211 callbacks suppressed Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242847 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 1 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242878 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242879 Buffer I/O error on device sdm, logical block 5242872 " in my logs. My disk environment is multipath fiber channel using the SCSI_DH_RDAC code and multipathd. This topology includes an "active" and "ghost" path for each lun. IO's to the "ghost" path will never complete and the SCSI layer, via the scsi device handler rdac code, quick returns the IOs to theses paths and sets the REQ_QUIET scsi flag to suppress the scsi layer messages. I am wanting to extend the QUIET behavior to include the buffer file system layer to deal with these errors as well. I have been running this patch for a while now on several boxes without issue. A few runs of bonnie++ show no noticeable difference in performance in my setup. Thanks for John Stultz for the quiet_error finalization. Submitted-by: Keith Mannthey <kmannth@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: don't take lock on changing ra_pagesWu Fengguang
There's no need to take queue_lock or kernel_lock when modifying bdi->ra_pages. So remove them. Also remove out of date comment for queue_max_sectors_store(). Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <wfg@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29Documentation: remove reference to ll_rw_blk.c and moved ↵Nikanth Karthikesan
drivers/block/elevator.c The drivers/block/ll_rw_block.c has been split and organized in the block/ directory, and also drivers/block/elevator.c has been moved to the block/ directory. Update Documentation/block/biodoc.txt accordingly Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block/blk-tag.c: cleanup kernel-docQinghuang Feng
There is no argument named @tags in blk_init_tags, remove its' comment. Signed-off-by: Qinghuang Feng <qhfeng.kernel@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cciss: switch to using hlist for command list managementJens Axboe
This both cleans up the code and also helps detect the spurious case of a command attempted being removed from a queue it doesn't belong to. Acked-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29Do not free io context when taking recursive faults in do_exitNikanth Karthikesan
When taking recursive faults in do_exit, if the io_context is not null, exit_io_context() is being called. But it might decrement the refcount more than once. It is better to leave this task alone. Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cdrom: reduce stack usage of mmc_ioctl_dvd_read_structMarcin Slusarz
1. kmalloc 192 bytes in dvd_read_bca (which is inlined into dvd_read_struct) 2. Pass struct packet_command to all dvd_read_* functions. Checkstack output: Before: mmc_ioctl_dvd_read_struct: 280 After: mmc_ioctl_dvd_read_struct: 56 Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29cdrom: split mmc_ioctl to lower stack usageMarcin Slusarz
Checkstack output: Before: mmc_ioctl: 584 After: mmc_ioctl_dvd_read_struct: 280 mmc_ioctl_cdrom_subchannel: 152 mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data: 120 mmc_ioctl_cdrom_volume: 104 mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_audio: 104 (mmc_ioctl is inlined into cdrom_ioctl - 104 bytes) Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29scsi-ioctl: use clock_t <> jiffiesMilton Miller
Convert the timeout ioctl scalling to use the clock_t functions which are much more accurate with some USER_HZ vs HZ combinations. Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: leave the request timeout timer running even on an empty listJens Axboe
For sync IO, we'll often do them serialized. This means we'll be touching the queue timer for every IO, as opposed to only occasionally like we do for queued IO. Instead of deleting the timer when the last request is removed, just let continue running. If a new request comes up soon we then don't have to readd the timer again. If no new requests arrive, the timer will expire without side effect later. This improves high iops sync IO by ~1%. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: add comment in blk_rq_timed_out() about why next can not be 0Jens Axboe
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: optimizations in blk_rq_timed_out_timer()malahal@us.ibm.com
Now the rq->deadline can't be zero if the request is in the timeout_list, so there is no need to have next_set. There is no need to access a request's deadline field if blk_rq_timed_out is called on it. Signed-off-by: Malahal Naineni <malahal@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29xen-blkfront: set queue paravirt flagFernando Luis Vázquez Cao
Xen's blkfront sets noop as the default I/O scheduler at initialization time to avoid elevator overheads such as idling, but with the advent of basic disk profiling capabilities this is not necessary anymore. We should just tell the block layer that we are a paravirt front-end driver and the elevator will automatically make the necessary adjustments. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29virtio_blk: set queue paravirt flagFernando Luis Vázquez Cao
As a paravirt front-end driver, virtio_blk is not a rotational device so we want do avoid idling in AS/CFQ. Tell the block layer about this. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29block: add queue flag for paravirt frontend driversFernando Luis Vázquez Cao
As is the case with SSD devices, we do not want to idle in AS/CFQ when the block device is a paravirt front-end driver. This patch adds a flag (QUEUE_FLAG_VIRT) which should be used by front-end drivers such as virtio_blk and xen-blkfront to indicate a paravirtualized device. Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-28Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 Conflicts: arch/sparc64/kernel/idprom.c