On Tue, 2006-12-19 at 10:35 +0200, Dan Aloni wrote: > Hello, > > scsi_execute_async() has replaced scsi_do_req() a few versions ago, > but it also incurred a change of behavior. I noticed that over-queuing > a SCSI device using that function causes I/Os to be starved from > low-level queuing for no justified reason. > > I think it makes much more sense to perserve the original behaviour > of scsi_do_req() and add the request to the tail of the queue. Hi, some things should really be added to the head of the queue, like maintenance requests and error handling requests. Are you sure this is the right change? At least I'd expect 2 apis, one for a head and one for a "normal" queueing... Greetings, Arjan van de Ven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
