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This patch converts the rb532 code to use gpio library
and register its gpio chip.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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This patch removes these two unused functions :
rc32434_sync_delay and rc32434_sync_udelay
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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This patch cleans up headers and regroups informations to
where they should reside. While moving, try to have a
consistant naming for defines.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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We are no longer using gpio bootup state, so do not export
it and do not parse the kernel command line tag for it.
Instead we provide gpio-keys for the button the gpio bootup
state was checking.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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This patch fixes the misuse of virtual addresses for the GPIO and third
device controller which would lead to problems while accessing ioremap'd
registers.
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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This patch moves GPIO related definitions to gpio.h and IRQ
related to irq.h
Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <florian@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Add default machine_restart routine using watchdog reset of TX4927 and
TX4938.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Helper routines in txx9/rbtx4938/spi_eeprom.c is not TX4938 specific.
Move it to txx9/generic/ directory and make it works with SPI bus
number other than 0.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
create mode 100644 arch/mips/txx9/generic/spi_eeprom.c
delete mode 100644 arch/mips/txx9/rbtx4938/spi_eeprom.c
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Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Add helper routines to register physmap-flash platform devices for NOR
flashes.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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* Select board by command-line option or firmware environment variable.
* Handle "masterclk=" option.
* Add boards.h to centerize board_vec declaration.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
create mode 100644 include/asm-mips/txx9/boards.h
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Add prom_getenv() which can be used for YAMON. This assumes other
firmware should pass NULL for fw_arg2.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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* Make prom_init_cmdline() static and be called from prom_init.
* Append built-in args if the first character was '+'.
* Drop command-line args if the first character of built-in was '-'.
* Enclose args include spaces by quotes.
* TX4938_NAND_BOOT is no longer needed.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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* Make sure all interrupts cleared on startup
* Initialize some GPIOs
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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This new gpio driver for PMC-Sierra's MSP71xx SoC allows
standard api calls for access to the general and extended
gpio's.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Glass <patrickglass@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
create mode 100755 arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/gpio.c
create mode 100755 arch/mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/gpio_extended.c
create mode 100755 include/asm-mips/pmc-sierra/msp71xx/gpio.h
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This replaces mips's sys_ptrace32 with a compat_arch_ptrace and
enables the new generic definition of compat_sys_ptrace instead.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'rcu-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (21 commits)
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU, fix
rcu: RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs for Classic RCU
rcu: add rcu_read_lock_sched() / rcu_read_unlock_sched()
rcu: fix sparse shadowed variable warning
doc/RCU: fix pseudocode in rcuref.txt
rcuclassic: fix compiler warning
rcu: use irq-safe locks
rcuclassic: fix compilation NG
rcu: fix locking cleanup fallout
rcu: remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE definition from rcupreempt.c
rcu: fix classic RCU locking cleanup lockdep problem
rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak
rcu: just rename call_rcu_bh instead of making it a macro
rcu: remove list_for_each_rcu()
rcu: fixes to include/linux/rcupreempt.h
rcu: classic RCU locking and memory-barrier cleanups
rcu: prevent console flood when one CPU sees another AWOL via RCU
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods, cleanups
rcu, debug: detect stalled grace periods
rcu classic: new algorithm for callbacks-processing(v2)
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6:
selinux: Fix an uninitialized variable BUG/panic in selinux_secattr_to_sid()
selinux: use default proc sid on symlinks
file capabilities: uninline cap_safe_nice
Update selinux info in MAINTAINERS and Kconfig help text
SELinux: add gitignore file for mdp script
SELinux: add boundary support and thread context assignment
securityfs: do not depend on CONFIG_SECURITY
selinux: add support for installing a dummy policy (v2)
security: add/fix security kernel-doc
selinux: Unify for- and while-loop style
selinux: conditional expression type validation was off-by-one
smack: limit privilege by label
SELinux: Fix a potentially uninitialised variable in SELinux hooks
SELinux: trivial, remove unneeded local variable
SELinux: Trivial minor fixes that change C null character style
make selinux_write_opts() static
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'sched-v28-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (38 commits)
sched debug: add name to sched_domain sysctl entries
sched: sync wakeups vs avg_overlap
sched: remove redundant code in cpu_cgroup_create()
sched_rt.c: resch needed in rt_rq_enqueue() for the root rt_rq
cpusets: scan_for_empty_cpusets(), cpuset doesn't seem to be so const
sched: minor optimizations in wake_affine and select_task_rq_fair
sched: maintain only task entities in cfs_rq->tasks list
sched: fixup buddy selection
sched: more sanity checks on the bandwidth settings
sched: add some comments to the bandwidth code
sched: fixlet for group load balance
sched: rework wakeup preemption
CFS scheduler: documentation about scheduling policies
sched: clarify ifdef tangle
sched: fix list traversal to use _rcu variant
sched: turn off WAKEUP_OVERLAP
sched: wakeup preempt when small overlap
kernel/cpu.c: create a CPU_STARTING cpu_chain notifier
kernel/cpu.c: Move the CPU_DYING notifiers
sched: fix __load_balance_iterator() for cfq with only one task
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6:
crypto: skcipher - Use RNG interface instead of get_random_bytes
crypto: rng - RNG interface and implementation
crypto: api - Add fips_enable flag
crypto: skcipher - Move IV generators into their own modules
crypto: cryptomgr - Test ciphers using ECB
crypto: api - Use test infrastructure
crypto: cryptomgr - Add test infrastructure
crypto: tcrypt - Add alg_test interface
crypto: tcrypt - Abort and only log if there is an error
crypto: crc32c - Use Intel CRC32 instruction
crypto: tcrypt - Avoid using contiguous pages
crypto: api - Display larval objects properly
crypto: api - Export crypto_alg_lookup instead of __crypto_alg_lookup
crypto: Kconfig - Replace leading spaces with tabs
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/teigland/dlm:
dlm: choose better identifiers
dlm: remove bkl
dlm: fix address compare
dlm: fix locking of lockspace list in dlm_scand
dlm: detect available userspace daemon
dlm: allow multiple lockspace creates
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/agk/linux-2.6-dm:
dm: detect lost queue
dm: publish dm_vcalloc
dm: publish dm_table_unplug_all
dm: publish dm_get_mapinfo
dm: export struct dm_dev
dm crypt: avoid unnecessary wait when splitting bio
dm crypt: tidy ctx pending
dm crypt: fix async inc_pending
dm crypt: move dec_pending on error into write_io_submit
dm crypt: remove inc_pending from write_io_submit
dm crypt: tidy write loop pending
dm crypt: tidy crypt alloc
dm crypt: tidy inc pending
dm exception store: use chunk_t for_areas
dm exception store: introduce area_location function
dm raid1: kcopyd should stop on error if errors handled
dm mpath: remove is_active from struct dm_path
dm mpath: use more error codes
Fixed up trivial conflict in drivers/md/dm-mpath.c manually.
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/steve/gfs2-2.6-nmw:
GFS2: Support for I/O barriers
GFS2: Add UUID to GFS2 sb
GFS2: high time to take some time over atime
GFS2: The war on bloat
GFS2: GFS2 will panic if you misspell any mount options
GFS2: Direct IO write at end of file error
GFS2: Use an IS_ERR test rather than a NULL test
GFS2: Fix race relating to glock min-hold time
GFS2: Fix & clean up GFS2 rename
GFS2: rm on multiple nodes causes panic
GFS2: Fix metafs mounts
GFS2: Fix debugfs glock file iterator
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* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6: (37 commits)
[SCSI] zfcp: fix double dbf id usage
[SCSI] zfcp: wait on SCSI work to be finished before proceeding with init dev
[SCSI] zfcp: fix erp list usage without using locks
[SCSI] zfcp: prevent fc_remote_port_delete calls for unregistered rport
[SCSI] zfcp: fix deadlock caused by shared work queue tasks
[SCSI] zfcp: put threshold data in hba trace
[SCSI] zfcp: Simplify zfcp data structures
[SCSI] zfcp: Simplify get_adapter_by_busid
[SCSI] zfcp: remove all typedefs and replace them with standards
[SCSI] zfcp: attach and release SAN nameserver port on demand
[SCSI] zfcp: remove unused references, declarations and flags
[SCSI] zfcp: Update message with input from review
[SCSI] zfcp: add queue_full sysfs attribute
[SCSI] scsi_dh: suppress comparison warning
[SCSI] scsi_dh: add Dell product information into rdac device handler
[SCSI] qla2xxx: remove the unused SCSI_QLOGIC_FC_FIRMWARE option
[SCSI] qla2xxx: fix printk format warnings
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Update version number to 8.02.01-k8.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Ignore payload reserved-bits during RSCN processing.
[SCSI] qla2xxx: Additional residual-count corrections during UNDERRUN handling.
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* 'for-2.6.28' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (132 commits)
doc/cdrom: Trvial documentation error, file not present
block_dev: fix kernel-doc in new functions
block: add some comments around the bio read-write flags
block: mark bio_split_pool static
block: Find bio sector offset given idx and offset
block: gendisk integrity wrapper
block: Switch blk_integrity_compare from bdev to gendisk
block: Fix double put in blk_integrity_unregister
block: Introduce integrity data ownership flag
block: revert part of d7533ad0e132f92e75c1b2eb7c26387b25a583c1
bio.h: Remove unused conditional code
block: remove end_{queued|dequeued}_request()
block: change elevator to use __blk_end_request()
gdrom: change to use __blk_end_request()
memstick: change to use __blk_end_request()
virtio_blk: change to use __blk_end_request()
blktrace: use BLKTRACE_BDEV_SIZE as the name size for setup structure
block: add lld busy state exporting interface
block: Fix blk_start_queueing() to not kick a stopped queue
include blktrace_api.h in headers_install
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
This merges phase 1 of the x86 tree, which is a collection of branches:
x86/alternatives, x86/cleanups, x86/commandline, x86/crashdump,
x86/debug, x86/defconfig, x86/doc, x86/exports, x86/fpu, x86/gart,
x86/idle, x86/mm, x86/mtrr, x86/nmi-watchdog, x86/oprofile,
x86/paravirt, x86/reboot, x86/sparse-fixes, x86/tsc, x86/urgent and
x86/vmalloc
and as Ingo says: "these are the easiest, purely independent x86 topics
with no conflicts, in one nice Octopus merge".
* 'x86-v28-for-linus-phase1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (147 commits)
x86: mtrr_cleanup: treat WRPROT as UNCACHEABLE
x86: mtrr_cleanup: first 1M may be covered in var mtrrs
x86: mtrr_cleanup: print out correct type v2
x86: trivial printk fix in efi.c
x86, debug: mtrr_cleanup print out var mtrr before change it
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, v3
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M, cleanup
x86: change MTRR_SANITIZER to def_bool y
x86, debug printouts: IOMMU setup failures should not be KERN_ERR
x86: export set_memory_ro and set_memory_rw
x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M
x86: mtrr_cleanup prepare to make gran_size to less 1M
x86: mtrr_cleanup safe to get more spare regs now
x86_64: be less annoying on boot, v2
x86: mtrr_cleanup hole size should be less than half of chunk_size, v2
x86: add mtrr_cleanup_debug command line
x86: mtrr_cleanup optimization, v2
x86: don't need to go to chunksize to 4G
x86_64: be less annoying on boot
x86, olpc: fix endian bug in openfirmware workaround
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev
* 'upstream-2.6.28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/libata-dev:
ata_piix: IDE Mode SATA patch for Intel Ibex Peak DeviceIDs
libata-eh: clear UNIT ATTENTION after reset
ata_piix: add Hercules EC-900 mini-notebook to ich_laptop short cable list
libata: reorder ata_device to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bits
[libata] pata_bf54x: Add proper PM operation
pata_sil680: convert CONFIG_PPC_MERGE to CONFIG_PPC
libata: Implement disk shock protection support
[libata] Introduce ata_id_has_unload()
PATA: RPC now selects HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM for pata platform driver
ata_piix: drop merged SCR access and use slave_link instead
libata: implement slave_link
libata: misc updates to prepare for slave link
libata: reimplement link iterator
libata: make SCR access ops per-link
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Publish dm_vcalloc in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this function is
used by targets.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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Publish dm_table_unplug_all in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this
function is used by targets.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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Publish dm_get_mapinfo in include/linux/device-mapper.h because this function
is used by targets.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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Split struct dm_dev in two and publish the part that other targets need in
include/linux/device-mapper.h.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
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add /proc/sys/kernel/sched_domain/cpu0/domain0/name, to make
it easier to see which specific scheduler domain remained at
that entry.
Since we process the scheduler domain tree and
simplify it, it's not always immediately clear during debugging
which domain came from where.
depends on CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Since all bio_split calls refer the same single bio_split_pool, the bio_split
function can use bio_split_pool directly instead of the mempool_t parameter;
then the mempool_t parameter can be removed from bio_split param list, and
bio_split_pool is only referred in fs/bio.c file, can be marked static.
Signed-off-by: Denis ChengRq <crquan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Helper function to find the sector offset in a bio given bvec index
and page offset.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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This is a wrapper for accessing a gendisk's integrity bits. It allows
the integrity support in MD to be compiled with BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY off.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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The DM and MD integrity support now depends on being able to use
gendisks instead of block_devices when comparing integrity profiles.
Change function parameters accordingly.
Also update comparison logic so that two NULL profiles are a valid
configuration.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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A filesystem might supply its own integrity metadata. Introduce a
flag that indicates whether the filesystem or the block layer owns the
integrity buffer.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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We need bdev_get_integrity() to support the pending md/dm patches.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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The whole bio_integrity() definition is inside an #ifdef
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY, there's no need for the conditional code.
Signed-off-by: Alberto Bertogli <albertito@blitiri.com.ar>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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This patch removes end_queued_request() and end_dequeued_request(),
which are no longer used.
As a results, users of __end_request() became only end_request().
So the actual code in __end_request() is moved to end_request()
and __end_request() is removed.
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Define as 32, which is is what BDEVNAME_SIZE is/was as well. This keeps
the user interface the same and gets rid of the difference between
kernel and user api here.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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This patch adds an new interface, blk_lld_busy(), to check lld's
busy state from the block layer.
blk_lld_busy() calls down into low-level drivers for the checking
if the drivers set q->lld_busy_fn() using blk_queue_lld_busy().
This resolves a performance problem on request stacking devices below.
Some drivers like scsi mid layer stop dispatching request when
they detect busy state on its low-level device like host/target/device.
It allows other requests to stay in the I/O scheduler's queue
for a chance of merging.
Request stacking drivers like request-based dm should follow
the same logic.
However, there is no generic interface for the stacked device
to check if the underlying device(s) are busy.
If the request stacking driver dispatches and submits requests to
the busy underlying device, the requests will stay in
the underlying device's queue without a chance of merging.
This causes performance problem on burst I/O load.
With this patch, busy state of the underlying device is exported
via q->lld_busy_fn(). So the request stacking driver can check it
and stop dispatching requests if busy.
The underlying device driver must return the busy state appropriately:
1: when the device driver can't process requests immediately.
0: when the device driver can process requests immediately,
including abnormal situations where the device driver needs
to kill all requests.
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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This header file is of interest for user space programming, i.e.
for tools that process blktrace data.
We would like to use it for a tool on-top of blktrace which processes
data provided by blktrace. For this purpose, it would be helpful
if the blktrace API would make it to /usr/include/linux.
The git tree for the blktrace tools comes with its own copy of this header
file. I didn't manage to replace that copy with the file generated
by the patch below yet. A few more cleanups would be needed.
For example, the blktrace ioctl numbers, which are currently defined in
usr/include/fs.h, might need to be moved. Should be feasible, though.
Signed-off-by: Sven Schuetz <sven@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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SSD devices should give an RPM setting of 1 in word 217 of the ID
page. If we see such a device, tell the block layer about it.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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We don't want to idle in AS/CFQ if the device doesn't have a seek
penalty. So add a QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT to indicate a non-rotational
device, low level drivers should set this flag upon discovery of
an SSD or similar device type.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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The current floppy_struct allows floppies to number sectors starting
from 0 or 1. This patch allows arbitrary first-sector numbers - for
example, 0xC1 for Amstrad CPC disks.
This extends the existing 1-bit field (FD_ZEROBASED, bit 2 of stretch)
to 8 bits (FD_SECTMASK, bits 2 to 9).
Currently 0x00 denotes a first sector number of 1, and 0x01 denotes a
first sector number of 0. We extend this by interpreting FD_SECTMASK
as the first sector number with the LSB flipped.
Signed-off-by: Keith Wansbrough <keith@lochan.org>
Cc: Alain Knaff <alain@linux.lu>
Cc: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>
Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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This patch adds a queue flag to indicate the block device can be
used for request stacking.
Request stacking drivers need to stack their devices on top of
only devices of which q->request_fn is functional.
Since bio stacking drivers (e.g. md, loop) basically initialize
their queue using blk_alloc_queue() and don't set q->request_fn,
the check of (q->request_fn == NULL) looks enough for that purpose.
However, dm will become both types of stacking driver (bio-based and
request-based). And dm will always set q->request_fn even if the dm
device is bio-based of which q->request_fn is not functional actually.
So we need something else to distinguish the type of the device.
Adding a queue flag is a solution for that.
The reason why dm always sets q->request_fn is to keep
the compatibility of dm user-space tools.
Currently, all dm user-space tools are using bio-based dm without
specifying the type of the dm device they use.
To use request-based dm without changing such tools, the kernel
must decide the type of the dm device automatically.
The automatic type decision can't be done at the device creation time
and needs to be deferred until such tools load a mapping table,
since the actual type is decided by dm target type included in
the mapping table.
So a dm device has to be initialized using blk_init_queue()
so that we can load either type of table.
Then, all queue stuffs are set (e.g. q->request_fn) and we have
no element to distinguish that it is bio-based or request-based,
even after a table is loaded and the type of the device is decided.
By the way, some stuffs of the queue (e.g. request_list, elevator)
are needless when the dm device is used as bio-based.
But the memory size is not so large (about 20[KB] per queue on ia64),
so I hope the memory loss can be acceptable for bio-based dm users.
Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda@ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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