the bitop API should be a little faster than the loop. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/drivers/ata/libata-core.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2009-09-02 10:06:47.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2009-09-02 10:07:47.000000000 +0800 @@ -4842,11 +4842,15 @@ static struct ata_queued_cmd *ata_qc_new return NULL; /* the last tag is reserved for internal command. */ - for (i = 0; i < ATA_MAX_QUEUE - 1; i++) + while (1) { + i = find_first_zero_bit(&ap->qc_allocated, ATA_MAX_QUEUE - 1); + if (i >= ATA_MAX_QUEUE - 1) + break; if (!test_and_set_bit(i, &ap->qc_allocated)) { qc = __ata_qc_from_tag(ap, i); break; } + } if (qc) qc->tag = i; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html