linux-kernel - [PATCH] libata: add comment documenting PIO latency issues on UP

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Message-Id: <200911261711.16954.bzolnier@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:11:16 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] libata: add comment documenting PIO latency issues on UP


Based on:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0908.2/01420.html

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
 drivers/ata/libata-core.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Index: b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -6624,6 +6624,13 @@ static int __init ata_init(void)
 {
 	ata_parse_force_param();
 
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: In UP case, there is only one workqueue thread and if you
+	 * have more than one PIO device, latency is bloody awful, with
+	 * occasional multi-second "hiccups" as one PIO device waits for
+	 * another.  It's an ugly wart that users DO occasionally complain
+	 * about; luckily most users have at most one PIO polled device.
+	 */
 	ata_wq = create_workqueue("ata");
 	if (!ata_wq)
 		goto free_force_tbl;
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