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Linus Walleij 614f0388f5 mmc: block: move single ioctl() commands to block requests
This wraps single ioctl() commands into block requests using
the custom block layer request types REQ_OP_DRV_IN and
REQ_OP_DRV_OUT.

By doing this we are loosening the grip on the big host lock,
since two calls to mmc_get_card()/mmc_put_card() are removed.

We are storing the ioctl() in/out argument as a pointer in
the per-request struct mmc_blk_request container. Since we
now let the block layer allocate this data, blk_get_request()
will allocate it for us and we can immediately dereference
it and use it to pass the argument into the block layer.

We refactor the if/else/if/else ladder in mmc_blk_issue_rq()
as part of the job, keeping some extra attention to the
case when a NULL req is passed into this function and
making that pipeline flush more explicit.

Tested on the ux500 with the userspace:
mmc extcsd read /dev/mmcblk3
resulting in a successful EXTCSD info dump back to the
console.

This commit fixes a starvation issue in the MMC/SD stack
that can be easily provoked in the following way by
issueing the following commands in sequence:

> dd if=/dev/mmcblk3 of=/dev/null bs=1M &
> mmc extcs read /dev/mmcblk3

Before this patch, the extcsd read command would hang
(starve) while waiting for the dd command to finish since
the block layer was holding the card/host lock.

After this patch, the extcsd ioctl() command is nicely
interpersed with the rest of the block commands and we
can issue a bunch of ioctl()s from userspace while there
is some busy block IO going on without any problems.

Conversely userspace ioctl()s can no longer starve
the block layer by holding the card/host lock.

Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Avri Altman <Avri.Altman@sandisk.com>
2017-06-20 10:30:18 +02:00
Documentation mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas 2017-06-19 21:50:20 +08:00
arch mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas 2017-06-19 21:50:20 +08:00
block block: Fix a blk_exit_rl() regression 2017-06-14 13:27:50 -06:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto crypto : asymmetric_keys : verify_pefile:zero memory content before freeing 2017-06-09 13:29:50 +10:00
drivers mmc: block: move single ioctl() commands to block requests 2017-06-20 10:30:18 +02:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas 2017-06-19 21:50:20 +08:00
include mmc: core: Allocate per-request data using the block layer core 2017-06-20 10:30:17 +02:00
init Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'timers-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-06-18 18:46:51 +09:00
lib Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2017-06-15 17:54:51 +09:00
mm mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas 2017-06-19 21:50:20 +08:00
net net: don't global ICMP rate limit packets originating from loopback 2017-06-14 15:33:58 -04:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts scripts/gdb: make lx-dmesg command work (reliably) 2017-06-02 15:07:38 -07:00
security selinux: fix double free in selinux_parse_opts_str() 2017-06-13 17:34:22 +10:00
sound ALSA: timer: Fix missing queue indices reset at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_SELECT 2017-06-07 10:25:23 +02:00
tools Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-06-18 18:42:31 +09:00
usr initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression) 2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages 2017-06-06 15:28:40 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap power supply and reset changes for the v4.12 series (part 2) 2017-05-12 12:02:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS A few overdue GPIO patches for the v4.12 kernel: 2017-06-11 11:34:27 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.12-rc6 2017-06-19 22:19:37 +08:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.