linux-kernel - Re: [RFT PATCH] amiga, atari floppy: Use one request queue per disk

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Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:21:06 -0400
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de,
	Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] amiga, atari floppy: Use one request queue per disk

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 08:37:10PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 2010-09-23 21:54, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > We seem to have deprecated the notion of sharing request queue across gendisks. Now we need to instanciate one request queue per disk.
> > 
> > There see to be still some drivers sharing request queue across disks. Arch
> > specific floppy drivers like amiga and atari are doing so.
> > 
> > These are two patches which should fix the issue. But these patches are
> > completely untested. Not even compilte tested. Don't have hardware to test
> > them. 
> > 
> > Would be great if somebody who has the hardware can lend a hand here to
> > see if these patches work.
> 
> I have (tentatively) added both patches to for-2.6.37/drivers. I used the
> latter version of 2/2.

Also which cross compiling for m68k, I noticed following commit fails
compilation. I had to reset git to older commit to test amiga and atari
flopply driver compilation.

*******************************************************************
block/blk-exec.c: In function 'blk_execute_rq':
block/blk-exec.c:101: error: 'sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs' undeclared
(first use in this function)
block/blk-exec.c:101: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
block/blk-exec.c:101: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[1]: *** [block/blk-exec.o] Error 1
make: *** [block] Error 2
***********************************************************************

commit 4b1977698ceb4c4caa800d475127139da49966f9
Author: Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>
Date:   Fri Sep 24 09:51:13 2010 -0400

    block: Prevent hang_check firing during long I/O
    
    During long I/O operations, the hang_check timer may fire,
    trigger stack dumps that unnecessarily alarm the user.
    
    Eg.  hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdb  ## can take *hours* to
complete
    
    So, if hang_check is armed, we should wake up periodically
    to prevent it from triggering.  This patch uses a wake-up interval
    equal to half the hang_check timer period, which keeps overhead low
enough.
    
    Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@...ox.com>
    Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>

Thanks
Vivek
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