linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/7] V3 of the async function call patches

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Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:11:51 -0800
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/7] V3 of the async function call patches

version 3 of the async function call patches

* Dropped the ACPI part; it broke i surprising ways; needs a rethink
  (working with Len and co on that)
* Included asynchronous delete()


There is still no integration with the out of tree slow-work patch;
the slow-work patch does really weird things with refcounts that make it
really specific to cachefs and, frankly, I think it's a rather
weird design.

The overlap is maybe 200 lines of code at most, of which 100+ would
need to be added just to deal with the various weirdnesses. I really
don't think this is a good idea or a fair requirement on the async
function call patch series.

The following changes since commit 8903709b054a8dafe4e8c6d9a6444034d7aba36f:
  Harvey Harrison (1):
        xtensa: introduce swab.h

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-async.git master

Arjan van de Ven (7):
      async: Asynchronous function calls to speed up kernel boot
      fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous
      fastboot: make the libata port scan asynchronous
      fastboot: Make libata initialization even more async
      async: make the final inode deletion an asynchronous event
      bootchart: improve output based on Dave Jones' feedback
      async: don't do the initcall stuff post boot

 drivers/ata/libata-core.c |   96 +++++++-------
 drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c  |    3 +
 drivers/scsi/sd.c         |  109 ++++++++++------
 fs/inode.c                |   20 ++-
 fs/super.c                |   10 ++
 include/linux/async.h     |   25 ++++
 include/linux/fs.h        |    5 +
 init/do_mounts.c          |    2 +
 init/main.c               |    5 +-
 kernel/Makefile           |    3 +-
 kernel/async.c            |  321 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/irq/autoprobe.c    |    5 +
 kernel/module.c           |    2 +
 scripts/bootgraph.pl      |   16 ++-
 14 files changed, 521 insertions(+), 101 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/linux/async.h
 create mode 100644 kernel/async.c


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