From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755305Ab2CRNbF (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:31:05 -0400 Received: from tn-76-7-162-101.sta.embarqhsd.net ([76.7.162.101]:44367 "EHLO animx.eu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752848Ab2CRNbC (ORCPT ); Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:31:02 -0400 Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:30:59 -0400 From: Wakko Warner To: Stefan Richter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Burning multiple DVDs at one time Message-ID: <20120318133059.GB10172@animx.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Stefan Richter , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org References: <20120315225310.GB3152@animx.eu.org> <20120317095644.145d0588@stein> <20120317142255.GB26403@animx.eu.org> <20120317162853.13afa28b@stein> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120317162853.13afa28b@stein> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Stefan Richter wrote: > On Mar 17 Wakko Warner wrote: > > Thanks. I looked at the patch. I would just like to confirm that I can > > patch my 3.0.0 vanilla kernel, compile the sr module, unload the current and > > load the patched one without the need to reboot. > > Yes, this should be possible. > > Oh, I only noticed just know that you also wrote: > > > > > The kernel is a vanilla kernel v3.0.0. (This also happened with 2.6.35) > > In 2.6.35, the Big Kernel Lock was still in place there. That lock > behaved differently from a plain mutex --- notably it was released when a > thread went to sleep --- so maybe there is more to your problem than just > sr_mutex blocking unrelated sr accesses. There is a good possibility that I was mistaken on the 2.6.35. I manually applied your patch to 3.0.0, compiled, removed sr-mod module and inserted the newly compiled one. With the vanilla one, I would see the buf % in wodim drop while the fifo was full. With the patch (removing the mutex), buf stayed above 98% and the burn speed was 16x at the end (10x avg). Seems to have fixed my problem. Thanks. -- Microsoft has beaten Volkswagen's world record. Volkswagen only created 22 million bugs.