1. 23 Nov, 2009 1 commit
    • Karel Zak's avatar
      partitions: use sector size for EFI GPT · 7d13af32
      Karel Zak authored
      Currently, kernel uses strictly 512-byte sectors for EFI GPT parsing.
      That's wrong.
      
      UEFI standard (version 2.3, May 2009, 5.3.1 GUID Format overview, page
      95) defines that LBA is always based on the logical block size. It
      means bdev_logical_block_size() (aka BLKSSZGET) for Linux.
      
      This patch removes static sector size from EFI GPT parser.
      
      The problem is reproducible with the latest GNU Parted:
      
       # modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=50 sector_size=4096
      
        # ./parted /dev/sdb print
        Model: Linux scsi_debug (scsi)
        Disk /dev/sdb: 52.4MB
        Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
        Partition Table: gpt
      
        Number  Start   End     Size    File system  Name     Flags
         1      24.6kB  3002kB  2978kB               primary
         2      3002kB  6001kB  2998kB               primary
         3      6001kB  9003kB  3002kB               primary
      
        # blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sdb
        # dmesg | tail -1
         sdb: unknown partition table      <---- !!!
      
      with this patch:
      
        # blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sdb
        # dmesg | tail -1
         sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
      Signed-off-by: default avatarKarel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      7d13af32
  2. 13 Nov, 2009 11 commits
  3. 11 Nov, 2009 1 commit
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  5. 08 Nov, 2009 1 commit
    • Corrado Zoccolo's avatar
      cfq-iosched: fix next_rq computation · cf7c25cf
      Corrado Zoccolo authored
      Cfq has a bug in computation of next_rq, that affects transition
      between multiple sequential request streams in a single queue
      (e.g.: two sequential buffered writers of the same priority),
      causing the alternation between the two streams for a transient period.
      
        8,0    1    18737     0.260400660  5312  D   W 141653311 + 256
        8,0    1    20839     0.273239461  5400  D   W 141653567 + 256
        8,0    1    20841     0.276343885  5394  D   W 142803919 + 256
        8,0    1    20843     0.279490878  5394  D   W 141668927 + 256
        8,0    1    20845     0.292459993  5400  D   W 142804175 + 256
        8,0    1    20847     0.295537247  5400  D   W 141668671 + 256
        8,0    1    20849     0.298656337  5400  D   W 142804431 + 256
        8,0    1    20851     0.311481148  5394  D   W 141668415 + 256
        8,0    1    20853     0.314421305  5394  D   W 142804687 + 256
        8,0    1    20855     0.318960112  5400  D   W 142804943 + 256
      
      The fix makes sure that the next_rq is computed from the last
      dispatched request, and not affected by merging.
      
        8,0    1    37776     4.305161306     0  D   W 141738087 + 256
        8,0    1    37778     4.308298091     0  D   W 141738343 + 256
        8,0    1    37780     4.312885190     0  D   W 141738599 + 256
        8,0    1    37782     4.315933291     0  D   W 141738855 + 256
        8,0    1    37784     4.319064459     0  D   W 141739111 + 256
        8,0    1    37786     4.331918431  5672  D   W 142803007 + 256
        8,0    1    37788     4.334930332  5672  D   W 142803263 + 256
        8,0    1    37790     4.337902723  5672  D   W 142803519 + 256
        8,0    1    37792     4.342359774  5672  D   W 142803775 + 256
        8,0    1    37794     4.345318286     0  D   W 142804031 + 256
      Signed-off-by: default avatarCorrado Zoccolo <czoccolo@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
      cf7c25cf
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