linux/drivers
Tejun Heo 31cc23b349 libata-pmp-prep: implement ops->qc_defer()
Controllers which support PMP have various restrictions on which
combinations of commands are allowed to what number of devices
concurrently.  This patch implements ops->qc_defer() which determines
whether a qc can be issued at the moment or should be deferred.

If the function returns ATA_DEFER_LINK, the qc will be deferred until
a qc completes on the link.  If ATA_DEFER_PORT, until a qc completes
on any link.  The defer conditions are advisory and in general
ATA_DEFER_LINK can be considered as lower priority deferring than
ATA_DEFER_PORT.

ops->qc_defer() replaces fixed ata_scmd_need_defer().  For standard
NCQ/non-NCQ exclusion, ata_std_qc_defer() is implemented.  ahci and
sata_sil24 are converted to use ata_std_qc_defer().

ops->qc_defer() is heavier than the original mechanism because full qc
is prepped before determining to defer it, but various information is
needed to determine defer conditinos and fully translating a qc is the
only way to supply such information in generic manner.

IMHO, this shouldn't cause any noticeable performance issues as

* for most cases deferring occurs rarely (except for NCQ-aware
  cmd-switching PMP)
* translation itself isn't that expensive
* once deferred the command won't be repeated until another command
  completes which usually is a very long time cpu-wise.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
2007-10-12 14:55:41 -04:00
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acorn/char
acpi Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2007-10-11 19:20:44 -07:00
amba
ata libata-pmp-prep: implement ops->qc_defer() 2007-10-12 14:55:41 -04:00
atm [NET]: Make the device list and device lookups per namespace. 2007-10-10 16:49:10 -07:00
auxdisplay
base Driver core: fix SYSF_DEPRECATED breakage for nested classdevs 2007-10-07 16:42:22 -07:00
block Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-10-11 21:55:47 -07:00
bluetooth
cdrom [POWERPC] iSeries: Move detection of virtual cdroms 2007-10-11 20:40:47 +10:00
char Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-10-11 21:55:47 -07:00
clocksource
connector [NET]: make netlink user -> kernel interface synchronious 2007-10-10 21:15:29 -07:00
cpufreq
crypto [CRYPTO] sha: Add header file for SHA definitions 2007-10-10 16:55:50 -07:00
dio
dma
edac
eisa
fc4
firewire firewire: point to migration document 2007-10-07 13:48:41 +02:00
firmware drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals 2007-10-09 20:22:20 -04:00
hid
hwmon drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals 2007-10-09 20:22:20 -04:00
i2c
ide Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bart/ide-2.6 2007-10-11 19:20:44 -07:00
ieee1394 [NET]: Move hardware header operations out of netdevice. 2007-10-10 16:52:52 -07:00
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2007-10-11 19:43:13 -07:00
input drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals 2007-10-09 20:22:20 -04:00
isdn [ISDN]: Change I4L to use alloc_netdev(). 2007-10-10 16:54:57 -07:00
kvm
leds leds: Update Cobalt Qube series front LED support 2007-10-11 22:24:00 +01:00
lguest fix modules oopsing in lguest guests 2007-09-25 08:51:04 -07:00
macintosh
mca
md Drop 'size' argument from bio_endio and bi_end_io 2007-10-10 09:25:57 +02:00
media Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2007-10-11 19:40:14 -07:00
message [NET]: Nuke SET_MODULE_OWNER macro. 2007-10-10 16:51:13 -07:00
mfd
misc Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-10-11 21:55:47 -07:00
mmc mmc: don't use weight32() 2007-10-11 19:09:08 +02:00
mtd
net [TG3]: Fix APE induced regression 2007-10-11 22:17:20 -07:00
nubus
of
oprofile
parisc [NET]: Make the device list and device lookups per namespace. 2007-10-10 16:49:10 -07:00
parport
pci i386: move pci 2007-10-11 11:16:36 +02:00
pcmcia
pnp drivers/firmware: const-ify DMI API and internals 2007-10-09 20:22:20 -04:00
power
ps3
rapidio
rtc
s390 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2007-10-11 19:40:14 -07:00
sbus
scsi [libata] Remove ->port_disable() hook 2007-10-12 14:55:35 -04:00
serial Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-10-11 21:55:47 -07:00
sh
sn
spi
ssb [SSB]: Sparse fixes. 2007-10-10 16:52:21 -07:00
tc
telephony
uio
usb Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2007-10-11 19:40:14 -07:00
video Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2007-10-11 21:55:47 -07:00
w1 missing null termination in one wire uevent 2007-09-25 08:51:04 -07:00
xen
zorro
Kconfig [SSB]: add Sonics Silicon Backplane bus support 2007-10-10 16:51:36 -07:00
Makefile [SSB]: add Sonics Silicon Backplane bus support 2007-10-10 16:51:36 -07:00