Thread (48 messages) 48 messages, 6 authors, 2007-05-30

Re: [patch 5/7] ps3: Disk Storage Driver

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date: 2007-05-25 22:45:27
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On Friday 25 May 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2007, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
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Ok, but why does it call wait_for_completion() then?
I thought you could end_that_request_* from the interrupt handler instead.
Actually I tried that first, but I ran into other problems, like my request
handler being called continuously and requests gotten stuck. But maybe it was
just a locking bug on my side.

I can retry, but a disadvantage will be that there will be less code shared
with ps3flash and ps3rom.
Not sure how much difference it will make performance-wise, but the context
switch for each bio adds some extra cost at least. Changing it
means you no longer share the ps3stor_read_write_sectors, but can at
the same time simplify the disk driver, so that won't hurt in total.

I don't care much, but I think it's worth trying.

	Arnd <><
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