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Jens Axboe 113285b473 blk-mq: ensure that bd->last is always set correctly
When drivers are called with a request in blk-mq, blk-mq flags the
state such that the driver knows if this is the last request in
this call chain or not. The driver can then use that information
to defer kicking off IO until bd->last is true. However, with blk-mq
and scheduling, we need to allocate a driver tag for a request before
it can be issued. If we fail to allocate such a tag, we could end up
in the situation where the last request issued did not have
bd->last == true set. This can then cause a driver hang.

This fixes a hang with virtio-blk, which uses bd->last as a hint
on whether to kick the queue or not.

Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Tested-by: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2017-03-02 14:30:51 -07:00
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arch Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-01 17:04:50 -08:00
block blk-mq: ensure that bd->last is always set correctly 2017-03-02 14:30:51 -07:00
certs certs: Add a secondary system keyring that can be added to dynamically 2016-04-11 22:48:09 +01:00
crypto crypto: change LZ4 modules to work with new LZ4 module version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
drivers loop: fix LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN hang 2017-03-02 08:56:59 -07:00
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MAINTAINERS powerpc updates for 4.11 part 2 2017-03-01 10:10:16 -08:00
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README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.