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From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-aio@kvack.org,
	akpm@linux-foundation.org, Zach Brown <zab@redhat.com>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@micron.com>,
	Selvan Mani <smani@micron.com>,
	Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@micron.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>, Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/33] aio: use flush_dcache_page()
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:07:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130409210756.GK15749@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130402021229.GD30122@thunk.org>

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:12:29PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> The commit description needs to explain why flush_dcache_page() is
> needed now, but wasn't needed before.

It wasn't causing problems before because it's not needed on x86, but it
is needed on other architectures. Added that to the commit description.

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-09 21:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-03-21 16:35 [PATCH 00/33] AIO cleanups/performance improvements Kent Overstreet
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 01/33] mm: remove old aio use_mm() comment Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:13   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:42   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 02/33] aio: remove dead code from aio.h Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:13   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:42   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 03/33] gadget: remove only user of aio retry Kent Overstreet
2013-03-21 16:42   ` Felipe Balbi
2013-04-12 15:42   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 04/33] aio: remove retry-based AIO Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:20   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:43   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 05/33] char: add aio_{read,write} to /dev/{null,zero} Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:20   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:43   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 06/33] aio: kill return value of aio_complete() Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:22   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:44   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 07/33] aio: add kiocb_cancel() Kent Overstreet
2013-03-28 14:54   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:58   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 08/33] aio: move private stuff out of aio.h Kent Overstreet
2013-03-29 16:07   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 15:59   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 09/33] aio: dprintk() -> pr_debug() Kent Overstreet
2013-03-21 17:38   ` Joe Perches
2013-03-29 16:17   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 16:01   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 10/33] aio: do fget() after aio_get_req() Kent Overstreet
2013-03-29 16:48   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 16:51   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 11/33] aio: make aio_put_req() lockless Kent Overstreet
2013-03-29 17:14   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 21:01   ` Jeff Moyer
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 12/33] aio: refcounting cleanup Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  1:32   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 13/33] wait: add wait_event_hrtimeout() Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  1:43   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 14/33] aio: make aio_read_evt() more efficient, convert to hrtimers Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  1:58   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 15/33] aio: use flush_dcache_page() Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  2:12   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-09 21:07     ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 16/33] aio: use cancellation list lazily Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  2:36   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 17/33] aio: change reqs_active to include unreaped completions Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  2:53   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-02 15:47     ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 18/33] aio: kill batch allocation Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  3:03   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 19/33] aio: kill struct aio_ring_info Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  3:26   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 20/33] aio: give shared kioctx fields their own cachelines Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02  3:27   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 21/33] aio: reqs_active -> reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 15:48   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 22/33] aio: percpu reqs_available Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:03   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 23/33] generic dynamic per cpu refcounting Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:27   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-12 19:36     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-04-16  1:41       ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 24/33] aio: percpu ioctx refcount Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:28   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 25/33] aio: use xchg() instead of completion_lock Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:35   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 26/33] aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:35   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 27/33] aio: kill ki_key Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 16:36   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 28/33] aio: kill ki_retry Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 18:46   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 29/33] block: Prep work for batch completion Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 18:48   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 30/33] block, aio: batch completion for bios/kiocbs Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 19:48   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-10 21:59     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 19:53   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-10 22:09     ` Kent Overstreet
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 31/33] virtio-blk: convert to batch completion Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 19:53   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 32/33] mtip32xx: " Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 19:54   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-03-21 16:35 ` [PATCH 33/33] aio: fix kioctx not being freed after cancellation at exit time Kent Overstreet
2013-04-02 21:35   ` Theodore Ts'o
2013-04-09 21:15     ` Kent Overstreet

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