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<title>SCSI host lock push-down</title>
<updated>2010-11-16T21:33:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Garzik</name>
<email>jeff@garzik.org</email>
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<published>2010-11-16T07:10:29+00:00</published>
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Move the mid-layer's -&gt;queuecommand() invocation from being locked
with the host lock to being unlocked to facilitate speeding up the
critical path for drivers who don't need this lock taken anyway.

The patch below presents a simple SCSI host lock push-down as an
equivalent transformation.  No locking or other behavior should change
with this patch.  All existing bugs and locking orders are preserved.

Additionally, add one parameter to queuecommand,
	struct Scsi_Host *
and remove one parameter from queuecommand,
	void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *)

Scsi_Host* is a convenient pointer that most host drivers need anyway,
and 'done' is redundant to struct scsi_cmnd-&gt;scsi_done.

Minimal code disturbance was attempted with this change.  Most drivers
needed only two one-line modifications for their host lock push-down.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: James Bottomley &lt;James.Bottomley@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Move the mid-layer's -&gt;queuecommand() invocation from being locked
with the host lock to being unlocked to facilitate speeding up the
critical path for drivers who don't need this lock taken anyway.

The patch below presents a simple SCSI host lock push-down as an
equivalent transformation.  No locking or other behavior should change
with this patch.  All existing bugs and locking orders are preserved.

Additionally, add one parameter to queuecommand,
	struct Scsi_Host *
and remove one parameter from queuecommand,
	void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *)

Scsi_Host* is a convenient pointer that most host drivers need anyway,
and 'done' is redundant to struct scsi_cmnd-&gt;scsi_done.

Minimal code disturbance was attempted with this change.  Most drivers
needed only two one-line modifications for their host lock push-down.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik &lt;jgarzik@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: James Bottomley &lt;James.Bottomley@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>firewire: sbp2: fix stall with "Unsolicited response"</title>
<updated>2010-08-19T18:28:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-16T20:13:34+00:00</published>
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Fix I/O stalls with some 4-bay RAID enclosures which are based on
OXUF936QSE:
  - Onnto dataTale RSM4QO, old firmware (not anymore with current
    firmware),
  - inXtron Hydra Super-S LCM, old as well as current firmware
when used in RAID-5 mode, perhaps also in other RAID modes.

The stalls happen during heavy or moderate disk traffic in periods that
are a multiple of 5 minutes, roughly twice per hour.  They are caused
by the target responding too late to an ORB_Pointer register write:
The target responds after Split_Timeout, hence firewire-core cancels
the transaction, and firewire-sbp2 fails the SCSI request.  The SCSI
core retries the request, that fails again (and again), hence SCSI core
calls firewire-sbp2's abort handler (and even the Management_Agent
register write in the abort handler has the transaction timeout
problem).

During all that, the process which issued the I/O is stalled in I/O
wait state.

Meanwhile, the target actually acts on the first failed SCSI request:
It responds to the ORB_Pointer write later (seen in the kernel log as
"firewire_core: Unsolicited response") and also finishes the SCSI
request with proper status (seen in the kernel log as "firewire_sbp2:
status write for unknown orb").

So let's just ignore RCODE_CANCELLED in the transaction callback and
wait for the target to complete the ORB nevertheless.  This requires
a small modification is sbp2_cancel_orbs(); it now needs to call
orb-&gt;callback() regardless whether fw_cancel_transaction() found the
transaction unfinished or finished.

A different solution is to increase Split_Timeout on the local node.
(Tested: 2000ms timeout; maybe 1000ms or something like that works too.
200ms is insufficient.  Standard is 100ms.)  However, I rather not do
this because any software on any node could change the Split_Timeout to
something unsuitable.  Or such a large Split_Timeout may be undesirable
for other purposes.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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Fix I/O stalls with some 4-bay RAID enclosures which are based on
OXUF936QSE:
  - Onnto dataTale RSM4QO, old firmware (not anymore with current
    firmware),
  - inXtron Hydra Super-S LCM, old as well as current firmware
when used in RAID-5 mode, perhaps also in other RAID modes.

The stalls happen during heavy or moderate disk traffic in periods that
are a multiple of 5 minutes, roughly twice per hour.  They are caused
by the target responding too late to an ORB_Pointer register write:
The target responds after Split_Timeout, hence firewire-core cancels
the transaction, and firewire-sbp2 fails the SCSI request.  The SCSI
core retries the request, that fails again (and again), hence SCSI core
calls firewire-sbp2's abort handler (and even the Management_Agent
register write in the abort handler has the transaction timeout
problem).

During all that, the process which issued the I/O is stalled in I/O
wait state.

Meanwhile, the target actually acts on the first failed SCSI request:
It responds to the ORB_Pointer write later (seen in the kernel log as
"firewire_core: Unsolicited response") and also finishes the SCSI
request with proper status (seen in the kernel log as "firewire_sbp2:
status write for unknown orb").

So let's just ignore RCODE_CANCELLED in the transaction callback and
wait for the target to complete the ORB nevertheless.  This requires
a small modification is sbp2_cancel_orbs(); it now needs to call
orb-&gt;callback() regardless whether fw_cancel_transaction() found the
transaction unfinished or finished.

A different solution is to increase Split_Timeout on the local node.
(Tested: 2000ms timeout; maybe 1000ms or something like that works too.
200ms is insufficient.  Standard is 100ms.)  However, I rather not do
this because any software on any node could change the Split_Timeout to
something unsuitable.  Or such a large Split_Timeout may be undesirable
for other purposes.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>firewire: sbp2: fix memory leak in sbp2_cancel_orbs or at send error</title>
<updated>2010-08-19T18:28:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-16T19:58:03+00:00</published>
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When an ORB was canceled (Command ORB i.e. SCSI request timed out, or
Management ORB timed out), or there was a send error in the initial
transaction, we missed to drop one of the ORB's references and thus
leaked memory.

Background:
In total, we hold 3 references to each Operation Request Block:
  - 1 during sbp2_scsi_queuecommand() or sbp2_send_management_orb()
    respectively,
  - 1 for the duration of the write transaction to the ORB_Pointer or
    Management_Agent register of the target,
  - 1 for as long as the ORB stays within the lu-&gt;orb_list, until
    the ORB is unlinked from the list and the orb-&gt;callback was
    executed.

The latter one of these 3 references is finished
  - normally by sbp2_status_write() when the target wrote status
    for a pending ORB,
  - or by sbp2_cancel_orbs() in case of an ORB time-out,
  - or by complete_transaction() in case of a send error.
Of them, the latter two lacked the kref_put.

Add the missing kref_put()s.  Add comments to the gets and puts of
references for transaction callbacks and ORB callbacks so that it is
easier to see what is supposed to happen.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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When an ORB was canceled (Command ORB i.e. SCSI request timed out, or
Management ORB timed out), or there was a send error in the initial
transaction, we missed to drop one of the ORB's references and thus
leaked memory.

Background:
In total, we hold 3 references to each Operation Request Block:
  - 1 during sbp2_scsi_queuecommand() or sbp2_send_management_orb()
    respectively,
  - 1 for the duration of the write transaction to the ORB_Pointer or
    Management_Agent register of the target,
  - 1 for as long as the ORB stays within the lu-&gt;orb_list, until
    the ORB is unlinked from the list and the orb-&gt;callback was
    executed.

The latter one of these 3 references is finished
  - normally by sbp2_status_write() when the target wrote status
    for a pending ORB,
  - or by sbp2_cancel_orbs() in case of an ORB time-out,
  - or by complete_transaction() in case of a send error.
Of them, the latter two lacked the kref_put.

Add the missing kref_put()s.  Add comments to the gets and puts of
references for transaction callbacks and ORB callbacks so that it is
easier to see what is supposed to happen.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge firewire branches to be released post v2.6.35</title>
<updated>2010-08-02T08:09:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-08-02T07:33:25+00:00</published>
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Conflicts:
	drivers/firewire/core-card.c
	drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c

and forgotten #include &lt;linux/time.h&gt; in drivers/firewire/ohci.c

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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Conflicts:
	drivers/firewire/core-card.c
	drivers/firewire/core-cdev.c

and forgotten #include &lt;linux/time.h&gt; in drivers/firewire/ohci.c

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>firewire: remove an unused function argument</title>
<updated>2010-06-20T21:11:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-20T20:50:35+00:00</published>
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void (*fw_address_callback_t)(..., int speed, ...) is the speed that a
remote node chose to transmit a request to us.  In case of split
transactions, firewire-core will transmit the response at that speed.

Upper layer drivers on the other hand (firewire-net, -sbp2, firedtv, and
userspace drivers) cannot do anything useful with that speed datum,
except log it for debug purposes.  But data that is merely potentially
(not even actually) used for debug purposes does not belong into the API.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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void (*fw_address_callback_t)(..., int speed, ...) is the speed that a
remote node chose to transmit a request to us.  In case of split
transactions, firewire-core will transmit the response at that speed.

Upper layer drivers on the other hand (firewire-net, -sbp2, firedtv, and
userspace drivers) cannot do anything useful with that speed datum,
except log it for debug purposes.  But data that is merely potentially
(not even actually) used for debug purposes does not belong into the API.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>firewire: drop sizeof expressions from some request size arguments</title>
<updated>2010-06-19T11:01:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2010-06-12T18:29:07+00:00</published>
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In case of fw_card_bm_work()'s lock request, the present sizeof
expression is going to be wrong if somebody changes the fw_card's DMA
scratch buffer's size in the future.

In case of quadlet write requests, sizeof(u32) is just silly; it's 4.

In case of SBP-2 ORB pointer write requests, 8 is arguably quicker to
understand as the correct and only possible value than
sizeof(some_datum).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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In case of fw_card_bm_work()'s lock request, the present sizeof
expression is going to be wrong if somebody changes the fw_card's DMA
scratch buffer's size in the future.

In case of quadlet write requests, sizeof(u32) is just silly; it's 4.

In case of SBP-2 ORB pointer write requests, 8 is arguably quicker to
understand as the correct and only possible value than
sizeof(some_datum).

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6</title>
<updated>2010-03-03T16:08:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-03-03T16:08:44+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: (23 commits)
  firewire: ohci: extend initialization log message
  firewire: ohci: fix IR/IT context mask mixup
  firewire: ohci: add module parameter to activate quirk fixes
  firewire: ohci: use an ID table for quirks detection
  firewire: ohci: reorder struct fw_ohci for better cache efficiency
  firewire: ohci: remove unused dualbuffer IR code
  firewire: core: combine a bit of repeated code
  firewire: core: change type of a data buffer
  firewire: cdev: increment ABI version number
  firewire: cdev: add more flexible cycle timer ioctl
  firewire: core: rename an internal function
  firewire: core: fix an information leak
  firewire: core: increase stack size of config ROM reader
  firewire: core: don't fail device creation in case of too large config ROM blocks
  firewire: core: fix "giving up on config rom" with Panasonic AG-DV2500
  firewire: remove incomplete Bus_Time CSR support
  firewire: get_cycle_timer optimization and cleanup
  firewire: ohci: enable cycle timer fix on ALi and NEC controllers
  firewire: ohci: work around cycle timer bugs on VIA controllers
  firewire: make PCI device id constant
  ...
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* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6: (23 commits)
  firewire: ohci: extend initialization log message
  firewire: ohci: fix IR/IT context mask mixup
  firewire: ohci: add module parameter to activate quirk fixes
  firewire: ohci: use an ID table for quirks detection
  firewire: ohci: reorder struct fw_ohci for better cache efficiency
  firewire: ohci: remove unused dualbuffer IR code
  firewire: core: combine a bit of repeated code
  firewire: core: change type of a data buffer
  firewire: cdev: increment ABI version number
  firewire: cdev: add more flexible cycle timer ioctl
  firewire: core: rename an internal function
  firewire: core: fix an information leak
  firewire: core: increase stack size of config ROM reader
  firewire: core: don't fail device creation in case of too large config ROM blocks
  firewire: core: fix "giving up on config rom" with Panasonic AG-DV2500
  firewire: remove incomplete Bus_Time CSR support
  firewire: get_cycle_timer optimization and cleanup
  firewire: ohci: enable cycle timer fix on ALi and NEC controllers
  firewire: ohci: work around cycle timer bugs on VIA controllers
  firewire: make PCI device id constant
  ...
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<entry>
<title>block: Rename blk_queue_max_sectors to blk_queue_max_hw_sectors</title>
<updated>2010-02-26T12:58:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin K. Petersen</name>
<email>martin.petersen@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-26T05:20:38+00:00</published>
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The block layer calling convention is blk_queue_&lt;limit name&gt;.
blk_queue_max_sectors predates this practice, leading to some confusion.
Rename the function to appropriately reflect that its intended use is to
set max_hw_sectors.

Also introduce a temporary wrapper for backwards compability.  This can
be removed after the merge window is closed.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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The block layer calling convention is blk_queue_&lt;limit name&gt;.
blk_queue_max_sectors predates this practice, leading to some confusion.
Rename the function to appropriately reflect that its intended use is to
set max_hw_sectors.

Also introduce a temporary wrapper for backwards compability.  This can
be removed after the merge window is closed.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>firewire: qualify config ROM cache pointers as const pointers</title>
<updated>2009-12-29T18:58:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2009-12-26T00:44:10+00:00</published>
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Several config ROM related functions only peek at the ROM cache; mark
their arguments as const pointers.  Ditto fw_device.config_rom and
fw_unit.directory, as the memory behind them is meant to be write-once.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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Several config ROM related functions only peek at the ROM cache; mark
their arguments as const pointers.  Ditto fw_device.config_rom and
fw_unit.directory, as the memory behind them is meant to be write-once.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>firewire: normalize style of queue_work wrappers</title>
<updated>2009-10-14T21:10:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Stefan Richter</name>
<email>stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de</email>
</author>
<published>2009-10-07T22:41:10+00:00</published>
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A few stylistic changes to unify some code patterns in the subsystem:

  - The similar queue_delayed_work helpers fw_schedule_bm_work,
    schedule_iso_resource, and sbp2_queue_work now have the same call
    convention.
  - Two conditional calls of schedule_iso_resource are factored into
    another small helper.
  - An sbp2_target_get helper is added as counterpart to
    sbp2_target_put.

Object size of firewire-core is decreased a little bit, object size of
firewire-sbp2 remains unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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A few stylistic changes to unify some code patterns in the subsystem:

  - The similar queue_delayed_work helpers fw_schedule_bm_work,
    schedule_iso_resource, and sbp2_queue_work now have the same call
    convention.
  - Two conditional calls of schedule_iso_resource are factored into
    another small helper.
  - An sbp2_target_get helper is added as counterpart to
    sbp2_target_put.

Object size of firewire-core is decreased a little bit, object size of
firewire-sbp2 remains unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter &lt;stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de&gt;
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