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loop and vhost/scsi do their target cmd submission from driver workqueues. This allows them to avoid an issue where the backend may block waiting for resources like tags/requests, mem/locks, etc and that ends up blocking their entire submission path and for the case of vhost-scsi both the submission and completion path. This patch adds a helper drivers can use to submit from a LIO workqueue. This code will then be extended in the next patches to fix the plugging of backend devices. We are only converting vhost/loop initially, but the workqueue based submission will work for other drivers and have similar benefits where the main target loops will not end up blocking one some backend resource. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210227170006.5077-17-michael.christie@oracle.com Tested-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Bodo Stroesser <bostroesser@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
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.