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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-11-19 16:10:32 +1100
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2008-11-19 16:10:32 +1100
commitcea555d384b85271035814c5adad23e6c7fc5d2a (patch)
tree1181b6333a69a135293ec75f8a48c849ee32c015 /drivers/block
parent78608dd32ce46789e970d6c3c423cd668c138d6c (diff)
parent7f0f598a0069d1ab072375965a4b69137233169c (diff)
Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/Kconfig29
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/floppy.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/ub.c20
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c8
4 files changed, 41 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 61ad8d639ba..0344a8a8321 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_FD
---help---
If you want to use the floppy disk drive(s) of your PC under Linux,
say Y. Information about this driver, especially important for IBM
- Thinkpad users, is contained in <file:Documentation/floppy.txt>.
+ Thinkpad users, is contained in
+ <file:Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt>.
That file also contains the location of the Floppy driver FAQ as
well as location of the fdutils package used to configure additional
parameters of the driver at run time.
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ config PARIDE
your computer's parallel port. Most of them are actually IDE devices
using a parallel port IDE adapter. This option enables the PARIDE
subsystem which contains drivers for many of these external drives.
- Read <file:Documentation/paride.txt> for more information.
+ Read <file:Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt> for more information.
If you have said Y to the "Parallel-port support" configuration
option, you may share a single port between your printer and other
@@ -114,9 +115,9 @@ config BLK_CPQ_DA
help
This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array controllers. Everyone
using these boards should say Y here. See the file
- <file:Documentation/cpqarray.txt> for the current list of boards
- supported by this driver, and for further information on the use of
- this driver.
+ <file:Documentation/blockdev/cpqarray.txt> for the current list of
+ boards supported by this driver, and for further information on the
+ use of this driver.
config BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
tristate "Compaq Smart Array 5xxx support"
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ config BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA
help
This is the driver for Compaq Smart Array 5xxx controllers.
Everyone using these boards should say Y here.
- See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for the current list of
+ See <file:Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt> for the current list of
boards supported by this driver, and for further information
on the use of this driver.
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ config CISS_SCSI_TAPE
help
When enabled (Y), this option allows SCSI tape drives and SCSI medium
changers (tape robots) to be accessed via a Compaq 5xxx array
- controller. (See <file:Documentation/cciss.txt> for more details.)
+ controller. (See <file:Documentation/blockdev/cciss.txt> for more details.)
"SCSI support" and "SCSI tape support" must also be enabled for this
option to work.
@@ -149,8 +150,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_DAC960
help
This driver adds support for the Mylex DAC960, AcceleRAID, and
eXtremeRAID PCI RAID controllers. See the file
- <file:Documentation/README.DAC960> for further information about
- this driver.
+ <file:Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960> for further information
+ about this driver.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called DAC960.
@@ -278,9 +279,9 @@ config BLK_DEV_NBD
userland (making server and client physically the same computer,
communicating using the loopback network device).
- Read <file:Documentation/nbd.txt> for more information, especially
- about where to find the server code, which runs in user space and
- does not need special kernel support.
+ Read <file:Documentation/blockdev/nbd.txt> for more information,
+ especially about where to find the server code, which runs in user
+ space and does not need special kernel support.
Note that this has nothing to do with the network file systems NFS
or Coda; you can say N here even if you intend to use NFS or Coda.
@@ -321,8 +322,8 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM
store a copy of a minimal root file system off of a floppy into RAM
during the initial install of Linux.
- Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now
- obsolete. For details, read <file:Documentation/ramdisk.txt>.
+ Note that the kernel command line option "ramdisk=XX" is now obsolete.
+ For details, read <file:Documentation/blockdev/ramdisk.txt>.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called rd.
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 14db747a636..cf29cc4e6ab 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -4124,7 +4124,7 @@ static int __init floppy_setup(char *str)
printk("\n");
} else
DPRINT("botched floppy option\n");
- DPRINT("Read Documentation/floppy.txt\n");
+ DPRINT("Read Documentation/blockdev/floppy.txt\n");
return 0;
}
diff --git a/drivers/block/ub.c b/drivers/block/ub.c
index fccac18d311..048d71d244d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ub.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ub.c
@@ -1546,8 +1546,6 @@ static void ub_top_sense_done(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_scsi_cmd *scmd)
/*
* Reset management
- * XXX Move usb_reset_device to khubd. Hogging kevent is not a good thing.
- * XXX Make usb_sync_reset asynchronous.
*/
static void ub_reset_enter(struct ub_dev *sc, int try)
@@ -1633,6 +1631,22 @@ static void ub_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
}
/*
+ * XXX Reset brackets are too much hassle to implement, so just stub them
+ * in order to prevent forced unbinding (which deadlocks solid when our
+ * ->disconnect method waits for the reset to complete and this kills keventd).
+ *
+ * XXX Tell Alan to move usb_unlock_device inside of usb_reset_device,
+ * or else the post_reset is invoked, and restats I/O on a locked device.
+ */
+static int ub_pre_reset(struct usb_interface *iface) {
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ub_post_reset(struct usb_interface *iface) {
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
* This is called from a process context.
*/
static void ub_revalidate(struct ub_dev *sc, struct ub_lun *lun)
@@ -2446,6 +2460,8 @@ static struct usb_driver ub_driver = {
.probe = ub_probe,
.disconnect = ub_disconnect,
.id_table = ub_usb_ids,
+ .pre_reset = ub_pre_reset,
+ .post_reset = ub_post_reset,
};
static int __init ub_init(void)
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index b220c686089..2d19f0cc47f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -338,12 +338,18 @@ wait:
static int xlvbd_init_blk_queue(struct gendisk *gd, u16 sector_size)
{
struct request_queue *rq;
+ elevator_t *old_e;
rq = blk_init_queue(do_blkif_request, &blkif_io_lock);
if (rq == NULL)
return -1;
- elevator_init(rq, "noop");
+ old_e = rq->elevator;
+ if (IS_ERR_VALUE(elevator_init(rq, "noop")))
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "blkfront: Switch elevator failed, use default\n");
+ else
+ elevator_exit(old_e);
/* Hard sector size and max sectors impersonate the equiv. hardware. */
blk_queue_hardsect_size(rq, sector_size);