From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: [PATCH] add use_sg_chaining option to scsi_host_template Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:05:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20070820130522.GC23758@kernel.dk> References: <200708161648.l7GGm15B000923@mbox.iij4u.or.jp> <20070818064737O.tomof@acm.org> <20070820071030.GO23758@kernel.dk> <20070820181921J.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:19635 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750926AbXHTNF0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:05:26 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070820181921J.fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: FUJITA Tomonori Cc: tomof@acm.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com On Mon, Aug 20 2007, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:10:31 +0200 > Jens Axboe wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 18 2007, FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:47:59 +0900 > > > FUJITA Tomonori wrote: > > > > > > > This is for Jens' sglist branch in the block git tree. > > > > > > > > It enables sg chaining support for the LLDs that use scsi_for_each_sg > > > > accessor properly. > > > > > > > > --- > > > > >From a6e50a3b476bc193de103e8c1d95877ced38918e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > > > From: FUJITA Tomonori > > > > Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:35:41 +0900 > > > > Subject: [PATCH] add use_sg_chaining option to scsi_host_template > > > > > > > > This option is true if a low-level driver can support sg > > > > chaining. This will be removed eventually when all the drivers are > > > > converted to support sg chaining. q->max_phys_segments is set to > > > > SCSI_MAX_SG_SEGMENTS if false. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori > > > > --- > > > > arch/ia64/hp/sim/simscsi.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/3w-9xxx.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/3w-xxxx.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/NCR53c406a.c | 3 ++- > > > > drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/aha1740.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/dc395x.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/eata.c | 3 ++- > > > > drivers/scsi/hosts.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/hptiop.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/ibmmca.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/initio.c | 1 + > > > > drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 1 + > > > > > > I should have dropped ipr since we haven't converted libata yet. > > > > But we have, are there still bits missing? > > I'm just a bit nervous about possible bugs. I hope there aren't any left in libata :-) > Probably we need to remove blk_queue_max_phys_segments() in libata > for a possible lower sg list size (< 128). Indeed, that should go, even in mainline now. > BTW, I think that it would be good to test the sglist with a lower sg > list size (like 32) to test all the llds. That's a good idea, then we'll get the chaining stuff exercised much more easily! -- Jens Axboe