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* [BLOCK] Get rid of request_queue_t typedefJens Axboe2007-07-241-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | Some of the code has been gradually transitioned to using the proper struct request_queue, but there's lots left. So do a full sweet of the kernel and get rid of this typedef and replace its uses with the proper type. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
* Freezer: make kernel threads nonfreezable by defaultRafael J. Wysocki2007-07-171-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, the freezer treats all tasks as freezable, except for the kernel threads that explicitly set the PF_NOFREEZE flag for themselves. This approach is problematic, since it requires every kernel thread to either set PF_NOFREEZE explicitly, or call try_to_freeze(), even if it doesn't care for the freezing of tasks at all. It seems better to only require the kernel threads that want to or need to be frozen to use some freezer-related code and to remove any freezer-related code from the other (nonfreezable) kernel threads, which is done in this patch. The patch causes all kernel threads to be nonfreezable by default (ie. to have PF_NOFREEZE set by default) and introduces the set_freezable() function that should be called by the freezable kernel threads in order to unset PF_NOFREEZE. It also makes all of the currently freezable kernel threads call set_freezable(), so it shouldn't cause any (intentional) change of behaviour to appear. Additionally, it updates documentation to describe the freezing of tasks more accurately. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fixes] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl> Acked-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@nigel.suspend2.net> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* kcdrwd: remove unneeded flush_signals() callOleg Nesterov2007-07-161-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | kcdrwd() is a kernel thread, all signals are ignored. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* sysfs: kill unnecessary attribute->ownerTejun Heo2007-07-111-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sysfs is now completely out of driver/module lifetime game. After deletion, a sysfs node doesn't access anything outside sysfs proper, so there's no reason to hold onto the attribute owners. Note that often the wrong modules were accounted for as owners leading to accessing removed modules. This patch kills now unnecessary attribute->owner. Note that with this change, userland holding a sysfs node does not prevent the backing module from being unloaded. For more info regarding lifetime rule cleanup, please read the following message. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/510293 (tweaked by Greg to not delete the field just yet, to make it easier to merge things properly.) Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* packet: fix error handlingAndrew Morton2007-04-251-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The packet driver is assuming (reasonably) that the (undocumented) request.errors is an errno. But it is in fact some mysterious bitfield. When things go wrong we return weird positive numbers to the VFS as pointers and it goes oops. Thanks to William Heimbigner for reporting and diagnosis. (It doesn't oops, but this driver still doesn't work for William) Cc: William Heimbigner <icxcnika@mar.tar.cc> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Correctly set cmd_len field in pkt_generic_packetGerhard Dirschl2007-02-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | Fixes http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7810 - a silly copy-paste bug introduced by the latest change. Signed-off-by: Gerhard Dirschl <gd@spherenet.de> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 3Arjan van de Ven2007-02-121-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | Many struct file_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to these shared resources. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: cleanupThomas Maier2007-02-111-19/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | - update documentation - use clear_bdi_congested/set_bdi_congested functions directly instead of old wrappers - removed DECLARE_BUF_AS_STRING macro Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] Fix BUG at drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c:1118 caused by "pktsetup dvd ↵Christoph Hellwig2007-01-051-31/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | /dev/sr0" Fix http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7667 This is because the packet driver tries to send down read/write BLOCK_PC commands that don't use a bio and do not use sg lists. The right fix is to replace all the packet_command stuff in the packet driver by scsi_execute() which needs to be lifted from scsi code to the block code for that. Fix the bug for now. It's not the full way to a generic execute block pc infrastcuture but fixes the bug for the time being. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Acked-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: add sysfs and debugfs interfaceThomas Maier2006-12-081-4/+439
| | | | | | | | | | | Add a sysfs and debugfs interface to the pktcdvd driver. Look into the Documentation/ABI/testing/* files in the patch for more info. Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: bio write congestion using congestion_wait()Thomas Maier2006-12-081-0/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds a bio write queue congestion control to the pktcdvd driver with fixed on/off marks. It prevents that the driver consumes a unlimited amount of write requests. [akpm@osdl.org: sync with congestion_wait() renaming] Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: reusability of procfs functionsThomas Maier2006-12-081-27/+45
| | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch makes some of the procfs functions reusable (for coming sysfs patch e.g.): pkt_setup_dev() pkt_remove_dev() ... Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.hNigel Cunningham2006-12-071-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Move process freezing functions from include/linux/sched.h to freezer.h, so that modifications to the freezer or the kernel configuration don't require recompiling just about everything. [akpm@osdl.org: fix ueagle driver] Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: rename a variable for better readabilityThomas Maier2006-10-041-7/+7
| | | | | | | | | pktcdvd: Rename a variable for better readability. Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Replace pktcdvd strings with macro DRIVER_NAME.Thomas Maier2006-10-041-61/+63
| | | | | | | | | pktcdvd: Replace pktcdvd strings with macro DRIVER_NAME. Signed-off-by: Thomas Maier <balagi@justmail.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] completions: lockdep annotate on stack completionsPeter Zijlstra2006-10-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | All on stack DECLARE_COMPLETIONs should be replaced by: DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Remove ->waiting member from struct requestJens Axboe2006-09-301-1/+1
| | | | | | | | As the comments indicates in blkdev.h, we can fold it into ->end_io_data usage as that is really what ->waiting is. Fixup the users of blk_end_sync_rq(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
* [PATCH] Split struct request ->flags into two partsJens Axboe2006-09-301-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Right now ->flags is a bit of a mess: some are request types, and others are just modifiers. Clean this up by splitting it into ->cmd_type and ->cmd_flags. This allows introduction of generic Linux block message types, useful for sending generic Linux commands to block devices. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
* [PATCH] lockdep: annotate pktcdvd natural device hierarchyArjan van de Ven2006-07-311-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | The pkt_*_dev functions operate on not-this-blockdevice, and that is sufficiently checked at setup time. As a result there is a natural hierarchy, which needs nesting annotations Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h>Jörn Engel2006-06-301-1/+0
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] devfs: Remove the miscdevice devfs_name field as it's no longer neededGreg Kroah-Hartman2006-06-261-1/+0
| | | | | | Also fixes all drivers that set this field. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
* [PATCH] mempool: use common mempool kmalloc allocatorMatthew Dobson2006-03-261-22/+4
| | | | | | | | | | This patch changes several mempool users, all of which are basically just wrappers around kmalloc(), to use the common mempool_kmalloc/kfree, rather than their own wrapper function, removing a bunch of duplicated code. Signed-off-by: Matthew Dobson <colpatch@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] sem2mutex: drivers/block/pktcdvd.cJes Sorensen2006-03-231-13/+14
| | | | | | | | | | Convert to use mutex from a semaphore Signed-off-by: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] regularize blk_cleanup_queue() useAl Viro2006-03-181-2/+2
| | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Only return -EROFS when appropriatePeter Osterlund2006-02-201-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | When attempting to open the device for writing, only return -EROFS if the disc appears to be readable but not writable. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Fix the logic in the pkt_writable_track functionPeter Osterlund2006-02-201-13/+15
| | | | | | | | | Fix the pkt_writable_track() function to make it work correctly for all types of CD/DVD discs. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Remove useless printk statementsPeter Osterlund2006-02-201-14/+0
| | | | | | | | | Writing the detected disc type in the kernel log is not useful during normal use of the driver, so remove the printk statements. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Rename functions and make their return values sanePeter Osterlund2006-02-201-18/+18
| | | | | | | | | Boolean functions should return non-zero when they mean "true", otherwise the calling code looks weird. (As suggested by Linus.) Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Correctly set rq->cmd_len in pkt_generic_packet()Peter Osterlund2006-02-201-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | It looks like the code in pkt_generic_packet() worked by luck in the past, but after commit 186d330e682210100c671355580a8592e4a21692 leaving rq->cmd_len uninitialized doesn't work any more. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Reduce stack usagePeter Osterlund2006-02-141-26/+17
| | | | | | | | | | Reduce stack usage in the pkt_start_write() function. Even though it's not currently a real problem, the pages and offsets arrays can be eliminated, which saves approximately 1000 bytes of stack space. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Don't unlock the door if the disc is in usePeter Osterlund2006-02-141-1/+2
| | | | | | | | | | Unlocking the door when the disc is in use is obviously not good, because then it's possible to eject the disc at the wrong time and cause severe disc data corruption. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Allow non-writable media to be mountedPeter Osterlund2006-02-141-4/+3
| | | | | | | | | If opening for write fails, the open method should return -EROFS. This makes "mount" try again with a read-only mount, instead of just giving up. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Don't spam the kernel log when nothing is wrongPeter Osterlund2006-02-141-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | Change some messages that don't indicate an error so that they are only printed when debugging is enabled. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Don't waste kernel memoryPeter Osterlund2006-02-051-25/+28
| | | | | | | | | | | Allocate memory for read-gathering at open time, when it is known just how much memory is needed. This avoids wasting kernel memory when the real packet size is smaller than the maximum packet size supported by the driver. This is always the case when using DVD discs. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: remove version stringPeter Osterlund2006-02-051-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | The version information is not useful for a driver that is maintained in Linus' kernel tree. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Fix overflow for discs with large packetsPhillip Susi2006-02-051-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The pktcdvd driver was using an 8 bit field to store the packet length obtained from the disc track info. This causes it to overflow packet length values of 128KB or more. I changed the field to 32 bits to fix this. The pktcdvd driver defaulted to its maximum allowed packet length when it detected a 0 in the track info field. I changed this to fail the operation and refuse to access the media. This seems more sane than attempting to access it with a value that almost certainly will not work. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: un-inline some functionsPeter Osterlund2006-01-141-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | Un-inline two functions in the pktcdvd driver. This makes the compiled code 172 bytes smaller on my system. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: Use bd_claim to get exclusive accessPeter Osterlund2006-01-081-3/+9
| | | | | | | | | | Use bd_claim() when opening the cdrom device to prevent user space programs such as cdrecord, hald and kded from interfering with the burning process. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] packet writing oops fixPeter Osterlund2005-11-131-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | There is an old bug in the pkt_count_states() function that causes stack corruption. When compiling with gcc 3.x or 2.x it is harmless, but gcc 4 allocates local variables differently, which makes the bug visible. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] drivers/block/pktcdvd.c: remove write-only variable in ↵Gabriel A. Devenyi2005-11-091-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | pkt_iosched_process_queue() Found this on Coverty's linux bug database (http://linuxbugsdb.coverity.com). The function pkt_iosched_process_queue makes a call to bdev_get_queue and stores the result but never uses it, so it looks like it can be safely removed. Signed-off-by: Gabriel A. Devenyi <ace@staticwave.ca> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Acked-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1Al Viro2005-10-081-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | - added typedef unsigned int __nocast gfp_t; - replaced __nocast uses for gfp flags with gfp_t - it gives exactly the same warnings as far as sparse is concerned, doesn't change generated code (from gcc point of view we replaced unsigned int with typedef) and documents what's going on far better. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: BUG_ON cleanupsPeter Osterlund2005-09-131-6/+3
| | | | | | | | | Remove some redundant BUG_ON() statements in pktcdvd and move one run-time check to compile-time. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: use kcalloc and kzallocPeter Osterlund2005-09-131-6/+3
| | | | | | | | Use kcalloc and kzalloc in pktcdvd. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: more accurate I/O accountingPeter Osterlund2005-09-131-7/+7
| | | | | | | | | | In the /proc statistics, only count writes that upper layers have requested. Don't count additional writes created inside the packet driver to satisfy the requirement to only write full packets. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: documentation updatePeter Osterlund2005-09-131-18/+30
| | | | | | | | Update the "theory of operation" description. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] pktcdvd: fix bogus BUG_ONPeter Osterlund2005-09-131-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | In the packet writing driver, if the drive reports a packet size larger than the driver can handle, bail out safely instead of triggering a BUG_ON. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Cleanup patch for process freezingChristoph Lameter2005-06-251-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1. Establish a simple API for process freezing defined in linux/include/sched.h: frozen(process) Check for frozen process freezing(process) Check if a process is being frozen freeze(process) Tell a process to freeze (go to refrigerator) thaw_process(process) Restart process frozen_process(process) Process is frozen now 2. Remove all references to PF_FREEZE and PF_FROZEN from all kernel sources except sched.h 3. Fix numerous locations where try_to_freeze is manually done by a driver 4. Remove the argument that is no longer necessary from two function calls. 5. Some whitespace cleanup 6. Clear potential race in refrigerator (provides an open window of PF_FREEZE cleared before setting PF_FROZEN, recalc_sigpending does not check PF_FROZEN). This patch does not address the problem of freeze_processes() violating the rule that a task may only modify its own flags by setting PF_FREEZE. This is not clean in an SMP environment. freeze(process) is therefore not SMP safe! Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Improve CD/DVD packet driver write performancePeter Osterlund2005-06-231-16/+20
| | | | | | | | | | This patch improves write performance for the CD/DVD packet writing driver. The logic for switching between reading and writing has been changed so that streaming writes are no longer interrupted by read requests. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] packet driver permission checking fixPeter Osterlund2005-05-201-1/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If you tried to open a packet device first in read-only mode and then a second time in read-write mode, the second open succeeded even though the device was not correctly set up for writing. If you then tried to write data to the device, the writes would fail with I/O errors. This patch prevents that problem by making the second open fail with -EBUSY. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] CDRW/DVD packet writing data corruption fixPeter Osterlund2005-05-171-1/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I found a bug in the packet writing driver that could cause data corruption. The problem arised if the driver got a write request for a sector in a "zone" it was already working on. In that case it was supposed to queue the write request until it was done processing earlier requests for the same zone, and instead work on some other zone in the mean time. However, if there was no other zone to work on, the driver would initiate two packet_data objects for the same zone, causing unpredictable things to happen. Signed-off-by: Peter Osterlund <petero2@telia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>