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2005-11-12[BLOCK] Implement elv_drain_elevator for improved switch error detectionTejun Heo
This patch adds request_queue->nr_sorted which keeps the number of requests in the iosched and implement elv_drain_elevator which performs forced dispatching. elv_drain_elevator checks whether iosched actually dispatches all requests it has and prints error message if it doesn't. As buggy forced dispatching can result in wrong barrier operations, I think this extra check is worthwhile. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-12[BLOCK] cfq-iosched: cfq forced dispatching fixTejun Heo
cfq forced dispatching might not return all requests on the queue. This bug can hang elevator switchinig and corrupt request ordering during flush sequence. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-12[BLOCK] elevator: run queue in elevator_switchTejun Heo
elevator_dispatch needs to run queue after forced dispatching; otherwise, the queue might stall. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-12[BLOCK] Document the READ/WRITE splitup of the disk statsJens Axboe
Use the symbolic name where appropriate and add a comment to the disk_stats structure. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-12[BLOCK] elevator init fixes #2Zachary Amsden
In addition to the first patch, which is probably goodness, I found the cause of my panic - applying this patch fixes it and now I am booting. If the chosen_elevator[] is not found, fall back to noop. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-12[BLOCK] elevator init fixesZachary Amsden
I got a panic in the elevator code, backtrace : Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000060 .. EIP is at elevator_put+0x0/0x30 (null elevator_type passed) .. elevator_init+0x38 blk_init_queu_node+0xc9 floppy_init+0xdb do_initcalls+0x23 init+0x10a init+0x0 Clearly if the kmalloc here fails, e->elevator_type is not yet set; this appears to be the correct fix, but I think I probably hit the second case due to a race condition. Someone more familiar with the elevator code should look at this more closely until I can determine if I can reproduce. Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-07Merge branch 'block-dir' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds
2005-11-04[BLOCK] iosched: fix setting of default io schedulerJens Axboe
With the recent reorg of the io scheduler selection, it unfortunately became possible to select an io scheduler to be the default even if it wasn't builtin. Fix this by requiring the default scheduler to be builtin. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2005-11-04[BLOCK] Move all core block layer code to new block/ directoryJens Axboe
drivers/block/ is right now a mix of core and driver parts. Lets move the core parts to a new top level directory. Al will move the fs/ related block parts to block/ next. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>