user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/blkdev.h, branch v3.16.5

block: add support for limiting gaps in SG lists

2014-06-24T22:22:24Z

Another restriction inherited for NVMe - those devices don't support SG lists that have "gaps" in them. Gaps refers to cases where the previous SG entry doesn't end on a page boundary. For NVMe, all SG entries must start at offset 0 (except the first) and end on a page boundary (except the last). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: blk_max_size_offset() should check ->max_sectors

2014-06-18T05:12:02Z

Commit 762380ad9322 inadvertently changed a check for max_sectors to max_hw_sectors. Revert that part, so we still compare against max_sectors. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add blk_rq_set_block_pc()

2014-06-06T13:57:37Z

With the optimizations around not clearing the full request at alloc time, we are leaving some of the needed init for REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC up to the user allocating the request. Add a blk_rq_set_block_pc() that sets the command type to REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC, and properly initializes the members associated with this type of request. Update callers to use this function instead of manipulating rq->cmd_type directly. Includes fixes from Christoph Hellwig for my half-assed attempt. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add notion of a chunk size for request merging

2014-06-05T19:38:39Z

Some drivers have different limits on what size a request should optimally be, depending on the offset of the request. Similar to dividing a device into chunks. Add a setting that allows the driver to inform the block layer of such a chunk size. The block layer will then prevent merging across the chunks. This is needed to optimally support NVMe with a non-zero stripe size. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'akpm' (patchbomb from Andrew) into next

2014-06-04T23:55:13Z

Merge misc updates from Andrew Morton: - a few fixes for 3.16. Cc'ed to stable so they'll get there somehow. - various misc fixes and cleanups - most of the ocfs2 queue. Review is slow... - most of MM. The MM queue is pretty huge this time, but not much in the way of feature work. - some tweaks under kernel/ - printk maintenance work - updates to lib/ - checkpatch updates - tweaks to init/ * emailed patches from Andrew Morton : (276 commits) fs/autofs4/dev-ioctl.c: add __init to autofs_dev_ioctl_init fs/ncpfs/getopt.c: replace simple_strtoul by kstrtoul init/main.c: remove an ifdef kthreads: kill CLONE_KERNEL, change kernel_thread(kernel_init) to avoid CLONE_SIGHAND init/main.c: add initcall_blacklist kernel parameter init/main.c: don't use pr_debug() fs/binfmt_flat.c: make old_reloc() static fs/binfmt_elf.c: fix bool assignements fs/efs: convert printk(KERN_DEBUG to pr_debug fs/efs: add pr_fmt / use __func__ fs/efs: convert printk to pr_foo() scripts/checkpatch.pl: device_initcall is not the only __initcall substitute checkpatch: check stable email address checkpatch: warn on unnecessary void function return statements checkpatch: prefer kstrto to sscanf(buf, "%", &bar); checkpatch: add warning for kmalloc/kzalloc with multiply checkpatch: warn on #defines ending in semicolon checkpatch: make --strict a default for files in drivers/net and net/ checkpatch: always warn on missing blank line after variable declaration block checkpatch: fix wildcard DT compatible string checking ...

fs/block_dev.c: add bdev_read_page() and bdev_write_page()

2014-06-04T23:54:02Z

A block device driver may choose to provide a rw_page operation. These will be called when the filesystem is attempting to do page sized I/O to page cache pages (ie not for direct I/O). This does preclude I/Os that are larger than page size, so this may only be a performance gain for some devices. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox Tested-by: Dheeraj Reddy Cc: Dave Chinner Cc: Hugh Dickins Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

fs/libfs.c: add generic data flush to fsync

2014-06-04T23:53:55Z

Description by Jan Kara: "A lot of older filesystems don't properly flush volatile disk caches on fsync(2) which can lead to loss of fsynced data after power failure. This patch makes generic_file_fsync() issue proper cache flush to fix the problem. Sysadmin can use /sys/devices/.../cache_type to tell the system it should not send the cache flush." [akpm@linux-foundation.org: nuke ifdef] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warning] Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick Suggested-by: Jan Kara Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Alexander Viro Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

blk-mq: fix sparse warning on missed __percpu annotation

2014-06-04T03:04:39Z

'struct blk_mq_ctx' is __percpu, so add the annotation and fix the sparse warning reported from Fengguang: [block:for-linus 2/3] block/blk-mq.h:75:16: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces) Reported-by: kbuild test robot Signed-off-by: Ming Lei Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge branch 'for-3.16/core' into for-3.16/drivers

2014-05-30T14:11:50Z

Pulled in for the blk_mq_tag_to_rq() change, which impacts mtip32xx. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add queue flag for disabling SG merging

2014-05-29T15:53:32Z

If devices are not SG starved, we waste a lot of time potentially collapsing SG segments. Enough that 1.5% of the CPU time goes to this, at only 400K IOPS. Add a queue flag, QUEUE_FLAG_NO_SG_MERGE, which just returns the number of vectors in a bio instead of looping over all segments and checking for collapsible ones. Add a BLK_MQ_F_SG_MERGE flag so that drivers can opt-in on the sg merging, if they so desire. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe