linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] IDE

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Message-Id: <20100408.111542.185885813.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:15:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] IDE

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:02:45 -0700 (PDT)

> 
> 
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> 2) taskfile ops with CFQ scheduler bomb because the taskfile
>>    code allocates a request then changes it's direction (e.g.
>>    READ vs. WRITE) and this makes CFQ explode.  Fix by allocating
>>    the correct request type from the beginning.  From Mikulas Patocka.
> 
> Hmm. Isn't this -stable material too? At least ide-taskfile.c hasn't 
> changed since 2.6.33?

Absolutely and it's in my queue of things to send to Greg KH and
co. once you suck this in.
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