The patch titled
Subject: aoe: remove call to request handler from I/O completion
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
aoe-remove-call-to-request-handler-from-i-o-completion.patch
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From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: aoe: remove call to request handler from I/O completion
There is no need to call the request handler function in the I/O
completion routine. The user impact of not doing it is a more "nice" aoe
driver that is less susceptible to causing soft lockups.
Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-remove-call-to-request-handler-from-i-o-completion drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-remove-call-to-request-handler-from-i-o-completion
+++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1139,8 +1139,6 @@ badrsp:
if (buf && --buf->nframesout == 0 && buf->resid == 0)
aoe_end_buf(d, buf);
- aoecmd_work(d);
-
spin_unlock_irq(&d->lock);
aoedev_put(d);
dev_kfree_skb(skb);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
linux-compilerh-add-__must_hold-macro-for-functions-called-with-a-lock-held.patch
documentation-sparsetxt-document-context-annotations-for-lock-checking.patch
aoe-describe-the-behavior-of-the-err-character-device.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-v2.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix.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
aoe-provide-ata-identify-device-content-to-user-on-request.patch
aoe-improve-network-congestion-handling.patch
aoe-err-device-include-mac-addresses-for-unexpected-responses.patch
aoe-manipulate-aoedev-network-stats-under-lock.patch
aoe-use-high-resolution-rtts-with-fallback-to-low-res.patch
aoe-commands-in-retransmit-queue-use-new-destination-on-failure.patch
aoe-update-driver-internal-version-to-64.patch
aoe-copy-fallback-timing-information-on-destination-failover.patch
aoe-remove-vestigial-request-queue-allocation.patch
aoe-increase-default-cap-on-outstanding-aoe-commands-in-the-network.patch
aoe-cleanup-correct-comment-for-aoetgt-nout.patch
aoe-remove-call-to-request-handler-from-i-o-completion.patch
aoe-make-error-messages-more-specific-in-static-minor-allocation.patch
aoe-initialize-sysminor-to-avoid-compiler-warning.patch
aoe-return-real-minor-number-for-static-minors.patch
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