linux/block/Makefile, branch v3.1.5

block: add bsg helper library

2011-07-31T20:05:09Z

This moves the FC classes bsg code to the block layer and makes it a lib so that other classes like iscsi and SAS can use it. It is helpful because working with the request queue, bios, creating scatterlists, etc are a pain that the LLD does not have to worry about with normal IOs and should not have to worry about for bsg requests. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

2010-10-23T00:07:18Z

* 'for-2.6.37/barrier' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (46 commits) xen-blkfront: disable barrier/flush write support Added blk-lib.c and blk-barrier.c was renamed to blk-flush.c block: remove BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT aic7xxx_old: removed unused 'req' variable block: remove the BH_Eopnotsupp flag block: remove the BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER flag block: remove the WRITE_BARRIER flag swap: do not send discards as barriers fat: do not send discards as barriers ext4: do not send discards as barriers jbd2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage jbd2: Modify ASYNC_COMMIT code to not rely on queue draining on barrier jbd: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage nilfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage reiserfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage gfs2: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage btrfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage xfs: replace barriers with explicit flush / FUA usage block: pass gfp_mask and flags to sb_issue_discard dm: convey that all flushes are processed as empty ...

blkio: Core implementation of throttle policy

2010-09-16T06:42:52Z

o Actual implementation of throttling policy in block layer. Currently it implements READ and WRITE bytes per second throttling logic. IOPS throttling comes in later patches. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: rename blk-barrier.c to blk-flush.c

2010-09-10T10:35:36Z

Without ordering requirements, barrier and ordering are minomers. Rename block/blk-barrier.c to block/blk-flush.c. Rename of symbols will follow. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

blkdev: move blkdev_issue helper functions to separate file

2010-04-28T17:47:36Z

Move blkdev_issue_discard from blk-barrier.c because it is not barrier related. Later the file will be populated by other helpers. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

blkio: Introduce blkio controller cgroup interface

2009-12-03T18:28:51Z

o This is basic implementation of blkio controller cgroup interface. This is the common interface visible to user space and should be used by different IO control policies as we implement those. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: remove the anticipatory IO scheduler

2009-10-03T07:37:51Z

AS is mostly a subset of CFQ, so there's little point in still providing this separate IO scheduler. Hopefully at some point we can get down to one single IO scheduler again, at least this brings us closer by having only one intelligent IO scheduler. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add blk-iopoll, a NAPI like approach for block devices

2009-09-11T12:33:31Z

This borrows some code from NAPI and implements a polled completion mode for block devices. The idea is the same as NAPI - instead of doing the command completion when the irq occurs, schedule a dedicated softirq in the hopes that we will complete more IO when the iopoll handler is invoked. Devices have a budget of commands assigned, and will stay in polled mode as long as they continue to consume their budget from the iopoll softirq handler. If they do not, the device is set back to interrupt completion mode. This patch holds the core bits for blk-iopoll, device driver support sold separately. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: get rid of queue-private command filter

2009-07-01T08:56:26Z

The initial patches to support this through sysfs export were broken and have been if 0'ed out in any release. So lets just kill the code and reclaim some space in struct request_queue, if anyone would later like to fixup the sysfs bits, the git history can easily restore the removed bits. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

tracing/blktrace: move the tracing file to kernel/trace

2009-02-09T09:51:02Z

Impact: cleanup Move blktrace.c to kernel/trace, also move its config entry. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar