Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750804AbWIHSxY (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:53:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750914AbWIHSxY (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:53:24 -0400 Received: from iriserv.iradimed.com ([69.44.168.233]:55957 "EHLO iradimed.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750804AbWIHSxX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Sep 2006 14:53:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4501BC2B.5040204@cfl.rr.com> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:53:31 -0400 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: balagi@justmail.de CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "petero2@telia.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH] pktcdvd: added sysfs interface + bio write queue handling fix References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2006 18:53:31.0686 (UTC) FILETIME=[144E7460:01C6D378] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-7.2.0.1122-3.6.1039-14678.003 X-TM-AS-Result: No--10.721100-5.000000-2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 619 Lines: 20 Thomas Maier wrote: > Hello > > (3th try with fixed inline patch) > > This is a patch for the packet writing driver pktcdvd. > It adds a sysfs interface to the driver and a bio write > queue "congestion" handling. > Why does pktcdvd need to handle congestion? Doesn't it get blocked when trying to send down bios to the underlying device if it's queue is congested? - 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/