Re: [PATCH] IDE TCQ #4

[Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>]

Jens Axboe wrote:


> yes this looks like a silly problem. the fix should be to have
> ata_ar_get() set ATA_AR_RETURN in ar_flags:
> 
>         if (!list_empty(&drive->free_req)) {
>                 ar = list_ata_entry(drive->free_req.next);
>                 list_del(&ar->ar_queue);
>                 ata_ar_init(drive, ar);
>                 ar->ar_flags |= ATA_AR_RETURN;
>         }
> 
> and then only have ata_ar_put() readd it to the list when it is set:
> 
> static inline void ata_ar_put(ide_drive_t *drive, struct ata_request
> *ar)
> {
>         if (ar->ar_flags & ATA_AR_RETURN)
>                 list_add(&ar->ar_queue, &drive->free_req);
> 	...
> 
> Then you can also remove the ata_ar_put() conditional in
> ide_end_drive_cmd(), just call ata_ar_put() unconditionally.

Well something similar is already in IDE 37... I have just
invented a flag ATA_AR_STATIC which get's set in ide_raw_taskfile
ata_ar_put ich then checking for if (!(ar->ar_flags & ATA_AR_STATIC))...

It has the desired effect in practice.