The patch titled Subject: aoe: update cap on outstanding commands based on config query response has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: aoe: update cap on outstanding commands based on config query response The ATA over Ethernet config query response contains a "buffer count" field reflecting the AoE target's capacity to buffer incoming AoE commands. By taking the current value of this field into accound, we increase performance throughput or avoid network congestion, when the value has increased or decreased, respectively. Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h | 6 +++--- drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h~aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h~aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response +++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h @@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ struct aoeif { struct aoetgt { unsigned char addr[6]; - ushort nframes; + ushort nframes; /* cap on frames to use */ struct aoedev *d; /* parent device I belong to */ struct list_head ffree; /* list of free frames */ struct aoeif ifs[NAOEIFS]; struct aoeif *ifp; /* current aoeif in use */ ushort nout; - ushort maxout; - ulong falloc; + ushort maxout; /* current value for max outstanding */ + ulong falloc; /* number of allocated frames */ ulong lastwadj; /* last window adjustment */ int minbcnt; int wpkts, rpkts; diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response +++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c @@ -1373,7 +1373,11 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb) spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags); t = gettgt(d, h->src); - if (!t) { + if (t) { + t->nframes = n; + if (n < t->maxout) + t->maxout = n; + } else { t = addtgt(d, h->src, n); if (!t) goto bail; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx are linux-compilerh-add-__must_hold-macro-for-functions-called-with-a-lock-held.patch aoe-describe-the-behavior-of-the-err-character-device.patch aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits.patch aoe-update-cap-on-outstanding-commands-based-on-config-query-response.patch aoe-support-the-forgetting-flushing-of-a-user-specified-aoe-target.patch aoe-support-larger-i-o-requests-via-aoe_maxsectors-module-param.patch aoe-payload-sysfs-file-exports-per-aoe-command-data-transfer-size.patch aoe-cleanup-remove-unused-ata_scnt-function.patch aoe-whitespace-cleanup.patch aoe-update-driver-internal-version-number-to-60.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html