Re: [PATCH v2] FAT: use schedule_timeout_uninterruptible() instead of congestion_wait()

OGAWA Hirofumi
2021-12-13T02:45:37Z

"NeilBrown" <neilb@suse.de> writes:

> On Sat, 11 Dec 2021, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>> "NeilBrown" <neilb@suse.de> writes:
>>
>> > congestion_wait() in this context is just a sleep - block devices do not
>> > in general support congestion signalling any more.
>> >
>> > The goal here is to wait for any recently written data to get to
>> > storage. blkdev_issue_flush() is thought to be too expensive, so
>> > replace congestion_wait() with an explicit timeout.
>>
>> If just replace, the following looks better
>>
>> set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>> io_schedule_timeout(HZ/10);
>>
>> Otherwise,
>>
>> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
>
> Thanks.
> According to MAINTAINERS, I should send patches for this code to you,
> with the implication (I assumed) that you would forwarded them upstream
> if acceptable.
> But the fact that you have send mt an Acked-By seems to suggest that you
> won't be doing that.
> To whom should I send this patch with your acked-by?

Ah, sorry. I have no repository. So FAT patches goes to linus tree via
akpm's help.

So "Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>" and my Acked-by
should work (or I will Cc as reply if need).

Thanks.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>