Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264653AbTE1KDp (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 06:03:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264655AbTE1KDp (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 06:03:45 -0400 Received: from mailgate.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de ([129.13.64.97]:14348 "EHLO mailgate.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264653AbTE1KDk (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 May 2003 06:03:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 12:13:48 +0200 From: Matthias Mueller To: Andrew Morton Cc: Jens Axboe , m.c.p@wolk-project.de, kernel@kolivas.org, manish@storadinc.com, andrea@suse.de, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.20: Proccess stuck in __lock_page ... Message-ID: <20030528101348.GA804@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Morton , Jens Axboe , m.c.p@wolk-project.de, kernel@kolivas.org, manish@storadinc.com, andrea@suse.de, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3ED2DE86.2070406@storadinc.com> <200305281713.24357.kernel@kolivas.org> <20030528071355.GO845@suse.de> <200305280930.48810.m.c.p@wolk-project.de> <20030528073544.GR845@suse.de> <20030528005156.1fda5710.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030528005156.1fda5710.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1753 Lines: 49 On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 12:51:56AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > It'd be interesting if any of these changes make a difference. > > > drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c | 7 > fs/buffer.c | 3030 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 3033 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff -puN drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~a drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c > --- 24/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c~a 2003-05-28 00:48:09.000000000 -0700 > +++ 24-akpm/drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c 2003-05-28 00:50:02.000000000 -0700 > @@ -590,10 +590,10 @@ static struct request *__get_request_wai > register struct request *rq; > DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current); > > - generic_unplug_device(q); > - add_wait_queue_exclusive(&q->wait_for_requests[rw], &wait); > + add_wait_queue(&q->wait_for_requests[rw], &wait); > do { > set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); > + generic_unplug_device(q); > if (q->rq[rw].count == 0) > schedule(); > spin_lock_irq(&io_request_lock); > @@ -829,8 +829,7 @@ void blkdev_release_request(struct reque > */ > if (q) { > list_add(&req->queue, &q->rq[rw].free); > - if (++q->rq[rw].count >= q->batch_requests && > - waitqueue_active(&q->wait_for_requests[rw])) > + if (++q->rq[rw].count >= q->batch_requests) > wake_up(&q->wait_for_requests[rw]); > } > } > Works fine on my notebook. Good throughput and no mouse hangs anymore. Thanks, Matthias -- Matthias.Mueller@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Rechenzentrum Universitaet Karlsruhe Abteilung Netze - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/