linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aio: aio_complete() will never be called in interrupt context

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Message-Id: <200807011359.57164.knikanth@suse.de>
Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:59:56 +0530
From:	Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@...e.de>
To:	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-aio@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aio: aio_complete() will never be called in interrupt context

On Monday 30 June 2008 23:13:26 Zach Brown wrote:
> Nikanth Karthikesan wrote:
> > aio_complete() is never called from interrupt context. It is called from
> > user context or worker threads. Remove disabling interrupts and for
> > kmap_atomic use KM_USER slots instead of KM_IRQ slots.
>
> How are you testing these patches?
>

I did not do any specific testing. Just ran multiple instances of a file-copy 
utility that uses aio and a bit of Chris Mason's aio-stress.

Thanks
Nikanth karthikesan

p.s: Is the archives of the linux-aio list available somewhere? The URL in the 
mail footer seems to be unavailable.





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