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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:14:22 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-10-11 19:14:22 -0700 |
commit | 1ce48904285fe4b0298864f9153a8502ebeac35c (patch) | |
tree | ffe1e0c31cdea427b48ae4d4d59a96ff9d208f32 /Documentation | |
parent | 55982fd184a065b1c69279d29cbc01dbf424d2f4 (diff) | |
parent | 780513ecb80ea0934fc6833efc4f5ed9ab4ff9bb (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'block-2.6.24' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block
* 'block-2.6.24' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: (37 commits)
[BLOCK] Fix failing compile with BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE=n
compat_ioctl: move floppy handlers to block/compat_ioctl.c
compat_ioctl: move cdrom handlers to block/compat_ioctl.c
compat_ioctl: move BLKPG handling to block/compat_ioctl.c
compat_ioctl: move hdio calls to block/compat_ioctl.c
compat_ioctl: handle blk_trace ioctls
compat_ioctl: add compat_blkdev_driver_ioctl()
compat_ioctl: move common block ioctls to compat_blkdev_ioctl
Sysace: Don't enable IRQ until after interrupt handler is registered
Sysace: sparse fixes
Sysace: Minor coding convention fixup
drivers/block/umem: use DRIVER_NAME where appropriate
drivers/block/umem: trim trailing whitespace
drivers/block/umem: minor cleanups
drivers/block/umem: use dev_printk()
drivers/block/umem: move private include away from include/linux
Sysace: Labels in C code should not be indented.
Sysace: Add of_platform_bus binding
Sysace: Move IRQ handler registration to occur after FSM is initialized
Sysace: minor rework and cleanup changes
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/biodoc.txt | 20 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/block/ioprio.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt index 8af392fc6ef0..dc3f49e3e539 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/biodoc.txt @@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ With this multipage bio design: the same bi_io_vec array, but with the index and size accordingly modified) - A linked list of bios is used as before for unrelated merges (*) - this avoids reallocs and makes independent completions easier to handle. -- Code that traverses the req list needs to make a distinction between - segments of a request (bio_for_each_segment) and the distinct completion - units/bios (rq_for_each_bio). +- Code that traverses the req list can find all the segments of a bio + by using rq_for_each_segment. This handles the fact that a request + has multiple bios, each of which can have multiple segments. - Drivers which can't process a large bio in one shot can use the bi_idx field to keep track of the next bio_vec entry to process. (e.g a 1MB bio_vec needs to be handled in max 128kB chunks for IDE) @@ -664,14 +664,14 @@ in lvm or md. 3.2.1 Traversing segments and completion units in a request -The macros bio_for_each_segment() and rq_for_each_bio() should be used for -traversing the bios in the request list (drivers should avoid directly -trying to do it themselves). Using these helpers should also make it easier -to cope with block changes in the future. +The macro rq_for_each_segment() should be used for traversing the bios +in the request list (drivers should avoid directly trying to do it +themselves). Using these helpers should also make it easier to cope +with block changes in the future. - rq_for_each_bio(bio, rq) - bio_for_each_segment(bio_vec, bio, i) - /* bio_vec is now current segment */ + struct req_iterator iter; + rq_for_each_segment(bio_vec, rq, iter) + /* bio_vec is now current segment */ I/O completion callbacks are per-bio rather than per-segment, so drivers that traverse bio chains on completion need to keep that in mind. Drivers diff --git a/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt b/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt index 1b930ef5a079..35e516b0b8a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt +++ b/Documentation/block/ioprio.txt @@ -86,8 +86,15 @@ extern int sys_ioprio_get(int, int); #error "Unsupported arch" #endif -_syscall3(int, ioprio_set, int, which, int, who, int, ioprio); -_syscall2(int, ioprio_get, int, which, int, who); +static inline int ioprio_set(int which, int who, int ioprio) +{ + return syscall(__NR_ioprio_set, which, who, ioprio); +} + +static inline int ioprio_get(int which, int who) +{ + return syscall(__NR_ioprio_get, which, who); +} enum { IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE, |