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Author SHA1 Message Date
Tejun Heo
cb98fc8bb9 [BLOCK] Reimplement elevator switch
This patch reimplements elevator switch.  This patch assumes generic
dispatch queue patchset is applied.

 * Each request is tagged with REQ_ELVPRIV flag if it has its elevator
   private data set.
 * Requests which doesn't have REQ_ELVPRIV flag set never enter
   iosched.  They are always directly back inserted to dispatch queue.
   Of course, elevator_put_req_fn is called only for requests which
   have its REQ_ELVPRIV set.
 * Request queue maintains the current number of requests which have
   its elevator data set (elevator_set_req_fn called) in
   q->rq->elvpriv.
 * If a request queue has QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS set, elevator private data
   is not allocated for new requests.

 To switch to another iosched, we set QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS and wait until
elvpriv goes to zero; then, we attach the new iosched and clears
QUEUE_FLAG_BYPASS.  New implementation is much simpler and main code
paths are less cluttered, IMHO.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:48:12 +02:00
Tejun Heo
cb19833dcc [BLOCK] kill generic max_back_kb handling
This patch kills max_back_kb handling from elv_dispatch_sort() and
kills max_back_kb field from struct request_queue.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:46:01 +02:00
Tejun Heo
98b11471d7 [PATCH] 04/05 remove last_merge handling from ioscheds
Remove last_merge handling from all ioscheds.  This patch
removes merging capability of noop iosched.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
2005-10-28 08:45:35 +02:00
Tejun Heo
06b86245c0 [PATCH] 03/05 move last_merge handlin into generic elevator code
Currently, both generic elevator code and specific ioscheds
participate in the management and usage of last_merge.  This
and the following patches move last_merge handling into
generic elevator code.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:45:20 +02:00
Jens Axboe
b4878f245e [PATCH] 02/05: update ioscheds to use generic dispatch queue
This patch updates all four ioscheds to use generic dispatch
queue.  There's one behavior change in as-iosched.

* In as-iosched, when force dispatching
  (ELEVATOR_INSERT_BACK), batch_data_dir is reset to REQ_SYNC
  and changed_batch and new_batch are cleared to zero.  This
  prevernts AS from doing incorrect update_write_batch after
  the forced dispatched requests are finished.

* In cfq-iosched, cfqd->rq_in_driver currently counts the
  number of activated (removed) requests to determine
  whether queue-kicking is needed and cfq_max_depth has been
  reached.  With generic dispatch queue, I think counting
  the number of dispatched requests would be more appropriate.

* cfq_max_depth can be lowered to 1 again.

Original from Tejun Heo, modified version applied.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:45:08 +02:00
Jens Axboe
d9ebb192aa [PATCH] elevator: leftover function declaration
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:44:52 +02:00
Jens Axboe
1b47f531e2 [PATCH] generic dispatch fixes
- Split elv_dispatch_insert() into two functions
- Rename rq_last_sector() to rq_end_sector()

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:44:37 +02:00
Tejun Heo
8922e16cf6 [PATCH] 01/05 Implement generic dispatch queue
Implements generic dispatch queue which can replace all
dispatch queues implemented by each iosched.  This reduces
code duplication, eases enforcing semantics over dispatch
queue, and simplifies specific ioscheds.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:44:24 +02:00
Tejun Heo
2824bc9328 [PATCH] fix try_module_get race in elevator_find
This patch removes try_module_get race in elevator_find.
try_module_get should always be called with the spinlock protecting
what the module init/cleanup routines register/unregister to held. In
the case of elevators, we should be holding elv_list to avoid it going
away between spin_unlock_irq and try_module_get.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:15:58 +02:00
Chen, Kenneth W
b2982649ce Following the same idea, it occurs to me that we should only update
disk stat when "now" is different from disk->stamp.  Otherwise, we
are again needlessly adding zero to the stats.

Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:15:43 +02:00
Chen, Kenneth W
20e5c81fcf [patch] remove gendisk->stamp_idle field
struct gendisk has these two fields: stamp, stamp_idle.  Update to
stamp_idle is always in sync with stamp and they are always the same.
Therefore, it does not add any value in having two fields tracking
same timestamp.  Suggest to remove it.

Also, we should only update gendisk stats with non-zero value.
Advantage is that we don't have to needlessly calculate memory address,
and then add zero to the content.

Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-10-28 08:15:30 +02:00
Al Viro
dd0fc66fb3 [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1
- added typedef unsigned int __nocast gfp_t;

 - replaced __nocast uses for gfp flags with gfp_t - it gives exactly
   the same warnings as far as sparse is concerned, doesn't change
   generated code (from gcc point of view we replaced unsigned int with
   typedef) and documents what's going on far better.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
Jens Axboe
3b0e77bd14 [PATCH] scsi_ioctl: only warn for rejected commands
We should not be warning about commands that we allow, even if they are
unknown. So move the if-root-allow check up a notch.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
c6c88834b2 [PATCH] ub: Comment out unconditional stall clear
This code appears to be more trouble than it's worth, considering that
no normal users reload drivers. So, we comment it for now. It is not
removed outright for the benefit of hackers (that is, myself).

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-22 07:58:26 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
64bd84538a [PATCH] ub: fix burning cds
This patch fixes a few problems with ub and cleans up a couple of things:

 - Bump UB_MAX_REQ_SG, this allows to burn CDs
 - Drop initialization of urb.transfer_flags,
   now that URB_UNLINK_ASYNC is gone
 - Add forgotten processing of stalls at GetMaxLUN
 - Remove a few more P3-tagged printks whose time has come
 - Correct comment about ZIP-100

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

 drivers/block/ub.c |   53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
2005-09-22 07:58:25 -07:00
Christoph Hellwig
bbcc6bee9e [PATCH] remove blkdev_scsi_issue_flush_fn again
This function was removed a while ago, but crept in again via a recent
scsi merge.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-21 10:11:54 -07:00
Mike Miller
d6dbf42ee3 [PATCH] cciss: busy_initializing bug fix
This patch fixes the problem Bjorn reported.  The busy_initializing flag
should have cleared before going into the for loop.

Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-21 10:11:54 -07:00
Jens Axboe
9564df1ff3 [PATCH] fix pf request handling
Here's the patch from

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4853

It is a feeble attempt at fixing the request handling in pf, it is totally
foobar right now.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-17 11:50:03 -07:00
Thomas Maguin
0faf3d3d08 [PATCH] scsi_ioctl: Add WRITE_LONG_2 as write safe command
Add WRITE_LONG_2 as write safe commands, which which allows normal users to
make a c1-, c2- and cu-scan (so called cxscan) with readcd on
cxscan-capable cd/dvd-writers

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-17 11:50:01 -07:00
Peter Osterlund
610827dee8 [PATCH] pktcdvd: BUG_ON cleanups
Remove some redundant BUG_ON() statements in pktcdvd and move one run-time
check to compile-time.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:31 -07:00
Peter Osterlund
1107d2e035 [PATCH] pktcdvd: use kcalloc and kzalloc
Use kcalloc and kzalloc in pktcdvd.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Peter Osterlund
06e7ab53f4 [PATCH] pktcdvd: more accurate I/O accounting
In the /proc statistics, only count writes that upper layers have requested.
Don't count additional writes created inside the packet driver to satisfy the
requirement to only write full packets.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Peter Osterlund
a676f8d092 [PATCH] pktcdvd: documentation update
Update the "theory of operation" description.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Peter Osterlund
d0272e78ee [PATCH] pktcdvd: fix bogus BUG_ON
In the packet writing driver, if the drive reports a packet size larger than
the driver can handle, bail out safely instead of triggering a BUG_ON.

Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
b9f0bd0895 [PATCH] cciss: SCSI tape info for /proc
Add SCSI host and device info not elsewhere available to /proc/scsi/cciss/*
Namely, connect cciss device instance with scsi host number, and give scsi
host number, bus, target, lun, devicetype, and 8-byte cciss LUNID for each
tapedrive/medium changer attached to a controller

For instance:

# cat /proc/scsi/cciss/2
cciss0: SCSI host: 2
c2b0t0l0 01 0x0000000000000001

Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <steve.cameron@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
47922d068e [PATCH] cciss: One Button Disaster Recovery support
This patch adds support for "One Button Disaster Recovery" devices to the
cciss driver.  (OBDR devices are tape drives which can pretend to be cd-rom
devices temporarily.  Once booted the device can be reverted to a tape drive
and data recovery operations can be automatically begun.)

This is an enhancement request by a vendor/partner working on One Button
Disaster Recovery.

Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <steve.cameron@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
bb2a37bf41 [PATCH] cciss: fix for DMA brokeness
The CCISS driver seems to loose track of DMA mappings created by it's
fill_cmd() routine.  Neither callers of this routine are extracting the DMA
address created in order to do the unmap.

Instead, they simply try to unmap 0x0.  It's easy to see this problem on an
x86_64 system when using the "swiotlb=force" boot option.  In this case, the
driver is leaking resources of the swiotlb and not causing a sync of the
bounce buffer.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
6a445d3ba6 [PATCH] cciss: bug fix in cciss_remove_one
This patch fixes a bug in cciss_remove_one.  A set of braces was missing for
the if statement causing an Oops on driver unload.

Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
33079b2197 [PATCH] cciss: direct lookup for command completions
This patch changes the way we complete commands.  In the old method when we
got a completion we searched our command list from the top until we find it.

This method uses a tag associated with each command (not SCSI command tagging)
to index us directly to the completed command.  This helps performance.

Signed-off-by: Don Brace <dab@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
ddd474420a [PATCH] cciss: new disk register/deregister routines
This patch removes a couple of functions dealing with configuration and
replaces them with new functions.  This implementation fixes some bugs
associated with the ACUXE.  It also allows a logical volume to be removed from
the middle without deleting all volumes behind it.

If a user has 5 logical volumes and decides he wants to reconfigure volume
number 3, he can now do that without removing volumes 4 & 5 first.  This code
has been tested in our labs against all application software.

Signed-off-by: Chase Maupin <chase.maupin@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:30 -07:00
Mike Miller
1f8ef3806c [PATCH] cciss: busy_initializing flag
This patch adds a flag called busy_initializing.  If there are multiple
controllers in a server AND the HP agents are running it's possible the agents
may try to poll a card that is still initializing if the driver is removed and
then added again.

Signed-off-by: Don Brace <dab@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
Mike Miller
9dc7a86e85 [PATCH] cciss: new controller pci/subsystem ids
This patch adds new PCI and subsystem ID's that finally made the spec.  It
also include a name change for one controller.  I know there's a lot of
duplicat names but the fw folks wanted this for the different implementations.

Even though the same ASIC is used it may be embedded on some platforms,
standup card in others, and a mezzanine in other servers.

Signed-off-by: Mike Miller <mike.miller@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
35d91f75c2 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-for-linus-2.6 2005-09-12 20:02:18 -07:00
Greg KH
d58dde0f55 Merge ../torvalds-2.6/ 2005-09-12 12:45:04 -07:00
Jens Axboe
35797132b3 [PATCH] cfq-iosched: reverse bad reference count fix
The reference count fix merged isn't fully bug free. It doesn't leak
now, but instead it crashes due to looking at freed memory. So for now,
lets reverse the change and I'll fix it for real next week.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-10 10:15:12 -07:00
Nishanth Aravamudan
86e8486245 [PATCH] drivers/block: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage
Use schedule_timeout_{un,}interruptible() instead of
set_current_state()/schedule_timeout() to reduce kernel size.

Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-10 10:06:38 -07:00
Nishanth Aravamudan
f6a2f3404a [PATCH] janitor: block/xd: replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()/msleep_interruptible()
Use msleep() or msleep_interruptible() [as appropriate] instead of
schedule_timeout() to gurantee the task delays as expected.  As a result
changed the units of the timeout variable from jiffies to msecs.

Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Maximilian Attems <janitor@sternwelten.at>
Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-10 10:06:34 -07:00
Domen Puncer
46308c0bbb [PATCH] janitor: block/umem: replace PRINTK with pr_debug
Removed unused dprintk, replaced PRINTK with pr_debug.

Signed-off-by: Maximilian Attems <janitor@sternwelten.at>
Signed-off-by: Domen Puncer <domen@coderock.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-10 10:06:33 -07:00
Jesper Juhl
f9101210e7 [PATCH] vfree and kfree cleanup in drivers/
This patch does a full cleanup of 'NULL checks before vfree', and a partial
cleanup of calls to kfree for all of drivers/ - the kfree bit is partial in
that I only did the files that also had vfree calls in them.  The patch
also gets rid of some redundant (void *) casts of pointers being passed to
[vk]free, and a some tiny whitespace corrections also crept in.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-10 10:06:30 -07:00
Douglas Gilbert
942fc2fb73 [SCSI] permit READ DEFECT DATA in block/scsi_ioctl
The soon to be released smartmontools 5.34 uses the
READ DEFECT DATA command on SCSI disks. A disk that
has defect list entries (or worse, an increasing number
of them) is at risk.

Currently the first invocation of smartctl causes this:
   scsi: unknown opcode 0x37
message to appear the console and in the log.

The READ DEFECT DATA SCSI command does not change
the state of a disk. Its opcode (0x37) is valid for
SBC devices (e.g. disks) and SMC-2 devices (media
changers) where it is called INITIALIZE STATUS ELEMENT
WITH RANGE and again doesn't change the external state
of the device.

Changelog:
  - mark SCSI opcode 0x37 (READ DEFECT DATA) as
    safe_for_read

Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dougg@torque.net>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2005-09-09 16:42:44 -05:00
Greg KH
8ccc457722 Merge gregkh@master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2005-09-09 14:26:01 -07:00
Ed L Cashin
49a1fd60d2 [PATCH] aoe [2/2]: update driver version number to twelve
Update driver version number to twelve.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-09 14:23:19 -07:00
Ed L Cashin
e39526e6e7 [PATCH] aoe [1/2]: support 16 AoE slot addresses per AoE shelf
Change the number of supported AoE slot addresses per AoE shelf
address to 16.

Signed-off-by: Ed L. Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-09 14:23:16 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
8d06afab73 [PATCH] timer initialization cleanup: DEFINE_TIMER
Clean up timer initialization by introducing DEFINE_TIMER a'la
DEFINE_SPINLOCK.  Build and boot-tested on x86.  A similar patch has been
been in the -RT tree for some time.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-09 14:03:48 -07:00
Andrew Morton
9d5c1e1bf2 [PATCH] deadline: clean up question mark operator
That ?: trick gives us the creeps.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-09 13:57:33 -07:00
Alan Stern
b375a0495f [PATCH] USB: URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag removed from the kernel
29 July 2005, Cambridge, MA:

This afternoon Alan Stern submitted a patch to remove the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK
flag from the Linux kernel.  Mr. Stern explained, "This flag is a relic
from an earlier, less-well-designed system.  For over a year it hasn't
been used for anything other than printing warning messages."

An anonymous spokesman for the Linux kernel development community
commented, "This is exactly the sort of thing we see happening all the
time.  As the kernel evolves, support for old techniques and old code can
be jettisoned and replaced by newer, better approaches.  Proprietary
operating systems do not have the freedom or flexibility to change so
quickly."

Mr. Stern, a staff member at Harvard University's Rowland Institute who
works on Linux only as a hobby, noted that the patch (labelled as548) did
not update two files, keyspan.c and option.c, in the USB drivers' "serial"
subdirectory.  "Those files need more extensive changes," he remarked.
"They examine the status field of several URBs at times when they're not
supposed to.  That will need to be fixed before the URB_ASYNC_UNLINK flag
is removed."

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the kernel maintainer responsible for overseeing all
of Linux's USB drivers, did not respond to our inquiries or return our
calls.  His only comment was "Applied, thanks."

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:23:04 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
a1cf96efba [PATCH] USB: ub 4: Zaitcev's quasi-S/G
Back out Axboe-style quasi-S/G and replace it with one command and
repeated URBs. This is similar to what usb-storage does, only instead
of a few URBs allocated together, one URB is reused.

Jens's idea was very nice, but it collapsed when I had to support
packet commads for CD burning. I cannot issue two or more packet
commands where application expected only one.

However, burning does not work completely yet. The cdrecord starts,
recognizes the device, then aborts without writing a TOC.

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:22:40 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
6c1eb8c1c3 [PATCH] USB: ub 3/3: death to ub_bd_rq_fn_1
When Al Viro saw the ub.c, he observed that it was a proof positive of
Linus not reading patches anymore: names like fo_ob_ar_ba_2 used to
cause serious fireworks. In my defence, any good scheme can be pushed
to the realm of absurd if pushed far enough.

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:22:40 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
07d4fd2566 [PATCH] USB: ub 2/3: Fold one line
Evidently, Yani Ioannou's display is wider than mine.

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:22:39 -07:00
Pete Zaitcev
ba6abf1352 [PATCH] USB: ub 1/3: Axboe's quasi-S/G
This the quasi-S/G patch for ub as suggested by Jens Axboe at OLS and
implemented that night before 4 a.m. Surprisingly, it worked right away...
Alas, I had to skip some OLS partying, but it was for the good cause.
Now the speed of ub is quite acceptable even on partitions with small
block size.

The ub does not really support S/G. Instead, it just tells the block
layer that it does. Then, most of the time, the block layer merges
requests and passes single-segmnent requests down to ub; everything
works as before. Very rarely ub gets an unmerged S/G request. In such
case, it issues several commands to the device.

I added a small array of counters to monitor the merging (sg_stat).
This may be dropped later.

Signed-off-by: Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2005-09-08 16:22:39 -07:00