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Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:47:56 +0100 From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de> To: Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@...ellique.com> Cc: Wakko Warner <wakko@...mx.eu.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Burning multiple DVDs at one time On Mar 17 Emmanuel Florac wrote: > Le Sat, 17 Mar 2012 09:56:44 +0100 vous écriviez: > > > This is likely due to serialization by a global mutex in the sr > > driver. Have a look at thread "[PATCH] [SCSI] sr: fix multi-drive > > performance, remove BKL replacement" from February. > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/28/230 > > When was this regression introduced? I have a dedicated cd burning > machine running 2.6.35.x, and it works great with 4 drives at a time. BKL was replaced by sr_mutex in 2.6.37-rc1. Wakko, you could try the patch from the mentioned thread and see whether it fixes your problem. But be aware that the patch opens possible race conditions between processes that access the same optical drive, e.g. applications vs. udisks-daemon. (I haven't noticed anything bad during the period of using the patch though.) -- Stefan Richter -=====-===-- --== =---= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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